Enum VideoCodec 

#[non_exhaustive]
pub enum VideoCodec {
    H264,
    H265,
    Vp9,
    Av1,
    ProRes,
    DnxHd,
    Mpeg4,
}

Video codec for encoding.

Variants (Non-exhaustive)

Non-exhaustive enums could have additional variants added in future. Therefore, when matching against variants of non-exhaustive enums, an extra wildcard arm must be added to account for any future variants.

H264

H.264 / AVC (most compatible)

H265

H.265 / HEVC (high compression)

Vp9

VP9 (WebM, royalty-free)

Av1

AV1 (latest, high compression, LGPL compatible)

ProRes

ProRes (Apple, editing)

DnxHd

DNxHD/DNxHR (Avid, editing)

Mpeg4

MPEG-4

Implementations

impl VideoCodec

pub const fn is_lgpl_compatible(self) -> bool

Check if this codec specification is LGPL compatible.

Returns true for codecs that can be used without GPL licensing.

Important: This indicates the codec family’s licensing, not the actual encoder used. H.264 and H.265 return false because their software encoders (libx264/libx265) are GPL, but hardware encoders (NVENC, QSV, etc.) are LGPL-compatible.

Use VideoEncoder::is_lgpl_compliant() to check the actual encoder selected at runtime.

LGPL-Compatible Codecs

• VP9 - Google’s royalty-free codec (libvpx-vp9)
• AV1 - Next-gen royalty-free codec (libaom-av1)
• ProRes - Apple’s professional codec
• DNxHD - Avid’s professional codec
• MPEG4 - ISO MPEG-4 Part 2

GPL Codecs (require licensing for commercial use)

• H264 - Requires MPEG LA license (when using libx264)
• H265 - Requires MPEG LA license (when using libx265)

Note: Hardware H.264/H.265 encoders are LGPL-compatible and don’t require licensing fees.

pub const fn default_extension(self) -> &'static str

Get default file extension for this codec.

Trait Implementations

impl Clone for VideoCodec

fn clone(&self) -> VideoCodec

Returns a duplicate of the value.

fn clone_from(&mut self, source: &Self)

Performs copy-assignment from source.

impl Debug for VideoCodec

fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result

Formats the value using the given formatter.

impl Default for VideoCodec

fn default() -> VideoCodec

Returns the “default value” for a type.

impl PartialEq for VideoCodec

fn eq(&self, other: &VideoCodec) -> bool

Tests for self and other values to be equal, and is used by ==.

fn ne(&self, other: &Rhs) -> bool

Tests for !=. The default implementation is almost always sufficient, and should not be overridden without very good reason.

impl Copy for VideoCodec

impl Eq for VideoCodec

impl StructuralPartialEq for VideoCodec