How To Install svt-av1 on CentOS 8

svt-av1 is Scalable Video Technology for AV1 Encoder

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install svt-av1 on CentOS 8.

What is svt-av1

The Scalable Video Technology for AV1 Encoder (SVT-AV1 Encoder) is an AV1-compliant encoder library core. The SVT-AV1 development is a work-in-progress targeting performance levels applicable to both VOD and Live encoding / transcoding video applications.

We can use yum or dnf to install svt-av1 on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install svt-av1.

Install svt-av1 on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install svt-av1 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install svt-av1

Install svt-av1 on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install svt-av1 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install svt-av1

How To Uninstall svt-av1 on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the svt-av1 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove svt-av1

svt-av1 Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/SvtAv1DecApp
/usr/bin/SvtAv1EncApp
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/28
/usr/lib/.build-id/28/fa9834f758bee763a1d61b24852288d8fe4080
/usr/lib/.build-id/f8
/usr/lib/.build-id/f8/373cc9fb13d6d18ee0c13da706a42901721e60
/usr/share/man/man1/SvtAv1DecApp.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/SvtAv1EncApp.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install svt-av1 on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.