dav1d

Install command:
brew install dav1d

AV1 decoder targeted to be small and fast

https://code.videolan.org/videolan/dav1d

License: BSD-2-Clause

Development: Pull requests

Formula JSON API: /api/formula/dav1d.json

Formula code: dav1d.rb on GitHub

Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:

macOS on
Apple Silicon
golden gate ✅
tahoe ✅
sequoia ✅
sonoma ✅
macOS on
Intel
sonoma ✅
Linux ARM64 ✅
x86_64 ✅

Current versions:

stable ✅ 1.5.4

Depends on when building from source:

meson 1.12.1 Fast and user friendly build system
ninja 1.13.2 Small build system for use with gyp or CMake

Binaries: dav1d

GitHub Packages downloads:

Last 30 days1,700,283
Downloads33,712,683
Analytics install events (30 days)65,524
Downloads / install events (30 days)26.0×

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Analytics:

30 days90 days365 days
Installs65,519171,970931,711
Installs (--HEAD)5835
Installs on Request4161,0717,022
Installs on Request (--HEAD)0214
Build Errors576