Overview

The PyNvVideoCodec API provides Python bindings for NVIDIA’s hardware-accelerated video encoding and decoding capabilities. This reference documents all public APIs organized by functional area.

API Summary

The following table lists all PyNvVideoCodec APIs organized by category.

Category	API	Description
Decoder	SimpleDecoder	Straightforward decoder that reads video files and outputs decoded frames. Recommended for most users.
	ThreadedDecoder	Performance-optimized decoder with background thread prefetching, ideal for AI/ML pipelines.
CoreDecoder	Demuxer	Container parser that separates compressed video packets from container formats.
	Decoder	Core decoder class for elementary video bitstreams. Provides maximum control.
Encoder	Encoder	Video encoder class for encoding raw frames to compressed packets.
Transcoder	Transcoder	Combines decoding, encoding, and muxing for video format conversion. Supports full and segmented transcoding.

Module Information

Module-level attributes and version information.

Attribute	Description
version	PyNvVideoCodec version string
cuda_version	CUDA Toolkit version used to build the module
video_codec_sdk_version	NVIDIA Video Codec SDK version

Access version information via nvc.__version__, nvc.__cuda_version__, and nvc.__video_codec_sdk_version__.