dav1d ☆
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Description:
AV1 decoder targeted to be small and fast
Type: Formula  |  Latest Version: 1.5.2@0  |  Tracked Since: Dec 17, 2025
Links: Homepage  |  formulae.brew.sh
Category: Multimedia
Tags: multimedia video decoder av1 codec
Install: brew install dav1d
About:
dav1d is an AV1 video decoder designed from the ground up to be small, fast, and efficient. It leverages modern CPU instruction sets to deliver high-performance decoding with minimal resource usage. This makes it an ideal choice for embedded systems, mobile devices, and high-performance applications.
Key Features:
  • High-performance AV1 decoding
  • Extremely low latency and memory footprint
  • Written in C with SIMD optimizations (SSE, AVX2, NEON)
  • Designed for embedded and low-power devices
Use Cases:
  • Integrating a high-performance AV1 decoder into a media player or streaming application
  • Decoding video on resource-constrained devices like smartphones or IoT hardware
  • Benchmarking and testing AV1 decoding performance
Alternatives:
  • libaom – The reference AV1 codec from Alliance for Open Media; more feature-rich but generally slower and larger than dav1d.
  • SVT-AV1 – An AV1 encoder/decoder from Intel and Netflix; focuses on scalability and quality, often used for cloud encoding.
License: BSD-2-Clause
Bottles available for: arm64_tahoe, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, sonoma, arm64_linux, x86_64_linux
Version History
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Sep 10, 2024 7:06am 0 VERSION_BUMP 1ccbafb5
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