Intel® Media Accelerator Reference Software

Develop end-to-end graphics and media solutions for vision devices using Intel® Graphics Technology and Intel® Quick Sync Video.

  • Decode, encode, and transcode using GPU hardware for video post processing and compositing
  • Enable AI inferencing using the Intel® Distribution of OpenVINO™ toolkit
  • Run applications on Windows® 10 or Ubuntu* 16 LTS operating systems

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Hardware Accelerated Media Processing

Benefit from portability and compatibility with a range of processors that use Video Acceleration API (VAAPI) and Intel® Quick Sync Video via FFmpeg (Linux*).

Immersive User Experience

This custom compositor enables creation of overlays, alpha blending, and rich media zones on Windows* and Linux.

Quickly Validate Use Cases

Demonstrate use cases with preloaded presets, which include an intuitive GUI to create new custom use cases.

Who Needs This Reference Software

  • Developers of rich immersive content using the latest screen technologies
  • Computer vision developers using inference models to design information and content solutions that respond to the viewing audience
  • Independent software vendors (ISVs) and system integrators who need up to 120 fps to develop immersive video content with VP9* video codec, HEVC, and MPEG-2.
  • ISVs can add AI inferencing to end-to-end media pipelines using reference code. A user-friendly interface allows for configuring media input and multiple algorithm uploads. (Linux only)

Use Cases

Deploy high-quality content for digital signage, interactive kiosks, video walls, interactive flat panel displays, and more, using features found in the Intel® Media Accelerator Reference Software.

  • Classroom learning and education 
  • Transportation
  • Hospitality
  • Medical
  • Banking and finance
  • Sports and entertainment

  • Intel® Quick Sync Video
  • Intel® Distribution of OpenVINO™ toolkit
  • Intel® Metrics Framework 

The Windows version includes:

  • Intel® Media SDK
  • Microsoft* Media Foundation
  • Microsoft DirectX* with Direct3D*

The Linux version includes:

  • VAAPI 
  • FFmpeg
  • Intel® Automotive Solution Compositor for Wayland* Protocol

Intel® Distribution of OpenVINO™ Toolkit

  • Enable convolutional neural network-based deep learning inference on the edge for computer vision applications
  • Support heterogeneous execution across accelerators—CPU, GPU, Intel® Neural Compute Stick 2, and FPGA—using a common API
  • Speed up time to market with a library of functions and preoptimized kernels

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Intel® Media SDK

Enable fast video playback, processing, media format conversion, acceleration of video and image processing, and audio decode and encode support for smart video systems.

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Operating Systems

  • Ubuntu 16.04 (64 bit)
  • Windows 10 (64 bit)

Processors

  • Intel® CPUs and GPUs
  • Intel® Processor Graphics

Intel® Media Accelerator Reference Software for Linux*

Learn about the software and review how developers can quickly create custom media analytics pipelines.