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quasarstream/codecs
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A comprehensive codec implementation package for WebRTC applications, providing audio/video encoding and decoding capabilities.

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WebRTC Codec Package
====================

[](#webrtc-codec-package)

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A comprehensive codec implementation package for WebRTC applications, providing audio/video encoding and decoding capabilities.

Features
--------

[](#features)

### 🎧 Audio Codecs

[](#-audio-codecs)

- **Opus** (encode/decode)
- **PCM A-law** (encode/decode)
- **PCM μ-law** (encode/decode)

### 📹 Video Codecs

[](#-video-codecs)

- **VP8** (encode/decode)
- **H.264** (encode/decode)

### 🛠 Core Functionality

[](#-core-functionality)

- RTP payload packetization/depacketization(H.264 and VP8)
- Dynamic bitrate control
- Frame timestamp management
- Hardware acceleration support
- Thread-optimized encoding/decoding

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements-1)

- **PHP ≥ 8.4** with FFI extension enabled
- Linux (Windows and macOS support planned for future releases)
- FFmpeg/libav shared libraries (libavcodec, libavfilter, etc.)
    - Compatible with FFmpeg **version 7.1.1**
- libopus development libraries
- libvpx development libraries
    - Compatible with libvpx **version 1.15.0**

Documentation
-------------

[](#documentation)

This package is part of the PHP WebRTC library. For complete documentation, examples, and API reference, visit:

[PHP WebRTC Documentation](https://www.quasarstream.com/php-webrtc)

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

### Authors

[](#authors)

- **Amin Yazdanpanah**

    - Website: [aminyazdanpanah.com](https://www.aminyazdanpanah.com)
    - Email:
- **Sana Moniri**

    - GtiHub: [sanamoniri](https://github.com/sanamoniri)

Reporting Issues
----------------

[](#reporting-issues)

Found a bug? Please report it on our [issues](https://github.com/php-webrtc/Codecs/issues).

License
-------

[](#license)

BSD 3-Clause License. See [LICENSE](LICENSE) for details.

###  Health Score

34

—

LowBetter than 75% of packages

Maintenance46

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity19

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity54

Maturing project, gaining track record

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

414d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3193929?v=4)[Amin Yazdanpanah](/maintainers/aminyazdanpanah)[@aminyazdanpanah](https://github.com/aminyazdanpanah)

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