macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install video-comparelocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install video-compareMacPorts ports tree · multimedia/video-compare/Portfile · source: api.github.com
brew / rank 3030
Install video-compare with Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, scoop
Split screen video comparison tool using FFmpeg and SDL2. Version 20260708 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-08. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#video-compare.
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Linux
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#video-comparenixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/vi/video-compare/package.nix · source: api.github.com
Windows
Scoopverified · 92%
scoop install extras/video-compareScoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/video-compare.json · source: api.github.com
overview
Package summary
Split screen video comparison tool using FFmpeg and SDL2
Project links
Commands and aliases
- video-compare
history
Project history and usage
video-compare is a C++14 visual comparison tool for video and image material. It uses FFmpeg libraries for decoding/filtering and SDL2 for the interactive display, then presents two inputs in sync with a movable split-screen comparison view.
Project history
The earliest GitHub release visible in the upstream release stream is dated July 24, 2020 and provided a Windows build. Through 2021, releases continued as Windows packages and began calling out bundled FFmpeg capabilities such as AV1 support. By the mid-2020s, the release notes show a more mature analysis tool: metadata overlays, subtraction modes, scopes, cropping, frame stepping, display-mode cycling, and CI-built release artifacts.
The project lives in the video-quality and encoding-tools niche rather than the general media-player niche. Its README describes comparing the impact of codecs, resizing algorithms, and other modifications on synchronized files, while also allowing mismatched resolutions, frame rates, color formats, containers, codecs, durations, image files, and image sequences.
How it is used
Typical usage is visual quality assurance: compare an original against an encoded, resized, filtered, restored, or AI-enhanced output; inspect differences with the split slider; step frames while paused; and use auxiliary analysis views such as histogram, vectorscope, waveform, metadata, or subtraction modes when eyeballing artifacts is not enough.
Why package nerds care
This is a package-nerd tool because it wraps FFmpeg's broad format support in a purpose-built interactive UI. It is not a transcoder itself; it is the thing a codec tester, video restoration hobbyist, or packaging QA person reaches for after producing two files and needing a fast visual answer about what changed.
Timeline
- 2020-07-24: Earliest visible upstream release, a Windows build tagged 20200724.
- 2021-12-23: A Windows release notes FFmpeg 4.4.1 shared libraries and AV1 support.
- 2025-12-13: Release notes describe CI builds via GitHub Actions for Windows, Linux, and macOS.
- 2026-05-02: Release 20260502 adds fullscreen switching, display-mode cycling, aspect-view controls, and deterministic paused frame stepping.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: blue
broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.
Risk classifier
blue risk · medium confidence · tool
Why
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
Signals
- text:video
Install behavior
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
video-compare | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-08-03
manager version20260708
manager updated2026-07-08
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:video-compare |
|---|---|
| Version | 20260708 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://github.com/pixop/video-compare |
| Repository | https://github.com/pixop/video-compare |
| Last updated | 2026-07-08T21:41:57Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
Nix95%
video-compare
nix profile install nixpkgs#video-compare- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Video Compare
MacPorts95%
video-compare
sudo port install video-compare- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Video Compare
Scoop95%
extras/video-compare
scoop install extras/video-compare- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Video Compare
source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation