libxvmc ☆

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Description:
X.Org: X-Video Motion Compensation API

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Multimedia

Tags: multimedia video xorg hardware-acceleration library

Install: brew install libxvmc

About:
Libxvmc is the X-Video Motion Compensation library, providing a client-side API for the X Window System. It enables video playback applications to offload computationally intensive motion compensation tasks to dedicated video hardware. This results in significantly reduced CPU usage and smoother playback of MPEG-2 and other video formats.

Key Features:

Hardware-accelerated video decoding
Reduces CPU load for video playback
Standard X.Org extension for video
API for motion compensation tasks

Use Cases:

Hardware-assisted video playback in media players
Developing applications requiring video decoding acceleration
Reducing system resource usage during video streaming

Alternatives:

VA-API – A more modern and comprehensive video acceleration API, while libxvmc is older and specific to motion compensation.
VDPAU – NVIDIA's proprietary API offering broader video acceleration features beyond just motion compensation.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Oct 27, 2024 12:49pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	daa6bf5e
Sep 13, 2024 2:02pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	1e503e1f