https://www.pistack.xyz/tags/codec/ Recent content in Codec on Pi Stack Hugo en-us Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.pistack.xyz/posts/2026-06-21-image-codec-libraries-libjpeg-turbo-libpng-libwebp-libavif/ Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.pistack.xyz/posts/2026-06-21-image-codec-libraries-libjpeg-turbo-libpng-libwebp-libavif/ <h2 id="introduction">Introduction</h2> <p>Every web application, photo management system, and content platform processes images. Whether you are building a self-hosted photo gallery with <a href="../2026-04-28-librephotos-vs-immich-vs-photoprism-self-hosted-photo-management-guide-2026/">Immich</a>, running an <a href="../2026-06-20-image-optimization-libraries-libvips-sharp-imagemagick-pillow/">image optimization pipeline</a>, or generating thumbnails for a CMS, the underlying image format codec library determines both performance and output quality. Choosing the right codec for your specific workload — lossy deployment photos, lossless archival masters, or next-gen formats for bandwidth savings — is a critical architectural decision.</p> https://www.pistack.xyz/posts/2026-06-21-video-codec-libraries-x264-x265-libvpx-svt-av1/ Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.pistack.xyz/posts/2026-06-21-video-codec-libraries-x264-x265-libvpx-svt-av1/ <h2 id="introduction">Introduction</h2> <p>Self-hosted media servers, live streaming platforms, and video surveillance systems all depend on video encoding libraries under the hood. When you run <a href="../tdarr-vs-unmanic-vs-handbrake-self-hosted-video-transcoding-guide-2026/">Tdarr or Unmanic</a> to normalize your media library, or power a <a href="../self-hosted-live-streaming-owncast-mediamtx-nginx-rtmp-guide-2026/">live streaming server with Owncast or MediaMTX</a>, the encoding library choice determines compression efficiency, encoding speed, and hardware compatibility.</p>