Top 23 C++ Video Projects

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1. srs

   1 10 28,225 9.5 C++

   SRS is a simple, high-efficiency, real-time media server supporting RTMP, WebRTC, HLS, HTTP-FLV, HTTP-TS, SRT, MPEG-DASH, and GB28181, with codec support for H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9, AAC, Opus, and G.711.

   

2. InfluxDB

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   InfluxDB – Built for High-Performance Time Series Workloads. InfluxDB 3 OSS is now GA. Transform, enrich, and act on time series data directly in the database. Automate critical tasks and eliminate the need to move data externally. Download now.

   

3. Waifu2x-Extension-GUI

   2 92 15,819 8.3 C++

   Video, Image and GIF upscale/enlarge(Super-Resolution) and Video frame interpolation. Achieved with Waifu2x, Real-ESRGAN, Real-CUGAN, RTX Video Super Resolution VSR, SRMD, RealSR, Anime4K, RIFE, IFRNet, CAIN, DAIN, and ACNet.

   

4. OpenFrameworks

   3 46 10,277 9.2 C++

   openFrameworks is a community-developed cross platform toolkit for creative coding in C++.

   

   Project mention: Ask HN: Who Are Your Favorite Photography and Generative Coding Artists? | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-02-26

5. OpenH264

   4 19 5,986 5.2 C++

   Open Source H.264 Codec

   

   Project mention: Cisco's Open Source H.264 Codec | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-02-16

6. QtAv

   5 0 4,199 4.3 C++

   A cross-platform multimedia framework based on Qt and FFmpeg. 基于Qt和FFmpeg的跨平台高性能音视频播放框架. Recommand to use new sdk https://github.com/wang-bin/mdk-sdk

   

7. DistroAV

   6 0 4,084 8.7 C++

   DistroAV (formerly OBS-NDI): NDI integration for OBS Studio

   

8. motion

   7 16 3,914 7.9 C++

   Motion, a software motion detector. Home page: https://motion-project.github.io/ (by Motion-Project)

   

9. Stream

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   Stream - Scalable APIs for Chat, Feeds, Moderation, & Video. Stream helps developers build engaging apps that scale to millions with performant and flexible Chat, Feeds, Moderation, and Video APIs and SDKs powered by a global edge network and enterprise-grade infrastructure.

   

10. qimgv

    8 17 2,884 6.7 C++

    Image viewer. Fast, easy to use. Optional video support.

    

    Project mention: Qimgv – Image Viewer | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-09-20

11. Bento4

    9 5 2,350 6.8 C++

    Full-featured MP4 format, MPEG DASH, HLS, CMAF SDK and tools

    

12. libde265

    10 3 1,848 7.4 C++

    Open h.265 video codec implementation.

    

13. dandere2x

    11 30 1,498 0.0 C++

    Dandere2x - Fast Waifu2x Video Upscaling.

    

14. libopenshot

    12 2 1,451 8.8 C++

    OpenShot Video Library (libopenshot) is a free, open-source project dedicated to delivering high quality video editing, animation, and playback solutions to the world. API currently supports C++, Python, and Ruby.

    

15. video-compare

    13 10 1,441 8.8 C++

    Split screen video comparison tool using FFmpeg and SDL2

    

16. Memento

    14 13 1,343 8.2 C++

    An mpv-based video player for studying Japanese (by ripose-jp)

    

    Project mention: Memento: FOSS, mpv-based video player for studying Japanese | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-02-09

17. ThreatExchange

    15 7 1,292 8.7 C++

    Trust & Safety tools for working together to fight digital harms.

    

18. vvenc

    16 23 1,118 9.1 C++

    VVenC, the Fraunhofer Versatile Video Encoder

    

19. QMPlay2

    17 6 1,076 9.1 C++

    QMPlay2 is a video and audio player which can play most formats and codecs.

    

20. Vireo

    18 1 949 0.0 C++

    Vireo is a lightweight and versatile video processing library written in C++11

    

21. RaspberryPi-WebRTC

    19 1 939 8.6 C++

    Native WebRTC low-latency P2P video streaming on Raspberry Pi and NVIDIA Jetson with both hardware and software encoding support.

    

22. deepbacksub

    20 5 743 0.0 C++

    Virtual Video Device for Background Replacement with Deep Semantic Segmentation

    

23. MediaInfoLib

    21 61 726 9.6 C++

    Convenient unified display of the most relevant technical and tag data for video and audio files.

    

24. blur

    22 6 702 9.7 C++

    Add motion blur to videos

    

25. heartbeat

    23 1 602 2.6 C++

    Desktop implementation of Remote Photoplethysmography – Measuring heart rate using facial video. (by prouast)

    

26. SaaSHub

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    SaaSHub - Software Alternatives and Reviews. SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives

    

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