Intel Media SDK is a Windows utility that allows developers to integrate support for hardware media acceleration into apps. There are instruments for decoding, encoding and processing video files in several common formats. It is worth mentioning that Intel Media SDK is discontinued and no longer supported by the developer. The installation files are not available.

Brief description

The included API library covers a wide range of code optimizations for improving media playback performance inside the application. You can use all available hardware resources to accelerate the rendering process. Video decoders like HEVC, AVC, MPEG 2 and JPEG are fully supported.

Please note that Intel Media SDK only works with elementary video data streams. However, similar to HLAE, it can be integrated with FFmpeg to enhance basic functionality and improve format compatibility.

System Analyzer

This module allows developers to trace usage patterns and gather detailed information about application behavior. It is helpful for optimizing individual elements and removing performance bottlenecks.

Features

free to download and use;
provides instruments for developing multimedia desktop applications;
you can gather user feedback to improve the overall performance;
it is possible to encode and decode video content;
there is support for FFmpeg integration to enhance basic capabilities;
compatible with all modern versions of Windows.