Intel has a multitude of awesome software development tools, including ones for media and graphics optimization. But sometimes, it's hard to figure out just which tool is the best one to use for your particular needs and usages.
Below you'll find a few insights to help you get to the right media tool faster, so you can focus on the really fun stuff - like optimizing your media solutions, applications, or video streaming.
Accelerating Media Processing - Which tool do I use? Intel Media Tool Platform / Device Targets & Usages
Developing for:
Intel® Core™ or Core™ M processors Select SKUs of Intel® Celeron™, Intel® Pentium™ and Intel® Atom™ processors with Intel HD Graphics supporting Intel® Quick Sync Video Client devices - Desktop or mobile applications OS - Windows only* Usages & Needs
Fast video playback, encode, processing, media formats conversion or video conferencing Accelerated processing of RAW video or images Screen capture Audio decode & encode support
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Community Essentials Professional Developing for:
Format Support - HEVC, AVC and MPEG-Audio
Usages & Needs
High-density and fast decode, encode, transcode Optimize performance of Media/GPU pipeline (-> VTune) Enhanced graphics programmability or visual analytics (for use with OpenCL™ applications) Low-level control over encode quality Debug, analysis and performance/quality optimization tools HEVC with premium quality Need to measure visual quality (Video Quality Caliper) Looking for an enterprise-grade telecine interlace reverser (Premium Telecine Interlace Reverser) Audio codecs Screen capture
Format Support - HEVC, VP9, AVC and MPEG-2
Usages & Needs
Develop for HEVC, AVC, MPEG-2 or VP9 decoder or encoder, analyze streams Interested in saving time and resources Fine-tune coding pipeline Inspect full decode and encode process, debug & optimize encoders Measure and improve visual quality (Video Quality Caliper) Access to detailed video stream statistics Innovate for UHD with HDR color support
Format/Profile Support - HEVC, VP9
Usages & Needs
Perform extensive, enterprise-grade, production-scale media validation and debug for HEVC/VP9 decoders, transcoders, players, and streaming solutions Develop HEVC or VP9 decoders, inspect decoding results Significantly accelerate validation cycles, reduce costs and speed time-to-market Create custom bitstreams for testing and optimize stream base for coverage and usage efficiency Ensure decoder is compliant to standard, runs with top performance, is robust and resilient to errors
