svt-vp9 ☆

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Description:
Scalable Video Technology for VP9 Encoder

Type: Formula | Latest Version: 0.3.1@0 | Tracked Since: Dec 4, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Multimedia

Tags: video encoder vp9 multimedia compression

Install: brew install svt-vp9

About:
SVT-VP9 is an open-source, high-performance VP9 encoder library optimized for scalability across modern multi-core processors. It provides a royalty-free alternative to proprietary codecs, delivering high-quality video compression for web streaming and real-time applications. The technology is developed by Intel as part of the OpenVisualCloud initiative.

Key Features:

Scalable multi-threaded architecture
Optimized for modern Intel CPUs
Royalty-free and open-source
Supports both single-pass and two-pass encoding
Integration with FFmpeg via libsvt_vp9

Use Cases:

High-volume video-on-demand (VOD) transcoding
Real-time communication and streaming services
Archival and storage optimization
Web content delivery

Alternatives:

libvpx – The reference VP9 encoder; SVT-VP9 is generally faster on multi-core systems.
x265 – HEVC encoder offering better compression at the cost of higher complexity and royalties.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Dec 4, 2025 9:25pm		0	NEW	02d07fde