# AVIF file structure parser (demuxer)
Get AV1 payload and alpha channel metadata out of AVIF image files. The parser is a fork of Mozilla's MP4 parser used in Firefox, so it's designed to be robust and safely handle untrusted data.
The parser is compatible with files supported by libavif, Chrome 85 and Firefox 81a.
[API documentation](https://docs.rs/avif-parse/)
This crate doesn't include an AV1 decoder. To display the pixels you will additionally need [dav1d](https://code.videolan.org/videolan/dav1d) or [libaom](//lib.rs/libaom-sys).
## Usage from Rust
It takes `io::Read`, so you can use any readable input, such as a byte slice (`vec.as_slice()`), or a `File` wrapped in `BufReader`, etc.
```rust
let data = read_avif(&mut slice)?;
av1_decode(&data.primary_item)?;
if let Some(alpha) = &data.alpha_item {
av1_decode(alpha)?;
}
if data.premultiplied_alpha {
// after decoding, remember to divide R,G,B values by A
}
```
## Usage from C
Install Rust 1.45 or later, preferably via [rustup](//rustup.rs), and run:
```bash
cargo build --release
```
It will build `./target/release/libavif_parse.a` (or `avif_parse.lib` on Windows). Link it with your project.
Cargo supports cross-compilation, so you can easily build it for other platforms (e.g. iOS).
```c
#include "avif_parse.h"
avif_data_t data = avif_parse(file_data, file_length);
if (data) {
av1_decode(data.primary_data, data.primary_size);
if (data.alpha_data) {
av1_decode(data.alpha_data, data.alpha_size);
}
if (data.premultiplied_alpha) {
// after decoding, remember to divide R,G,B values by A
}
}
avif_data_free(data);
```