# Install video-compare with Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, scoop Split screen video comparison tool using FFmpeg and SDL2. Version 20260502 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-18. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:video-compare ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install video-compare ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install video-compare ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: multimedia/video-compare/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#video-compare ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/vi/video-compare/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Windows - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install extras/video-compare ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/video-compare.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:video-compare - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 20260502 - **Source summary:** Split screen video comparison tool using FFmpeg and SDL2 - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** GPL-2.0-only - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-18T02:29:02-04:00 - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - video-compare (cli) - video-compare (alias) ## Dependencies - ffmpeg - sdl2-compat - sdl2_ttf ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 20260502 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-18 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/pixop/video-compare - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## 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 Notes broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. - **Geiger risk:** blue / medium - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** video-compare - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - video-compare: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/vi/video-compare/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - MacPorts - video-compare: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: multimedia/video-compare/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Scoop - extras/video-compare: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/video-compare.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [ffmpeg](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ffmpeg/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [sdl2-compat](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/sdl2-compat/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [ffmpegthumbnailer](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ffmpegthumbnailer/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, ffmpeg, media, video. - [ffms2](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ffms2/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, ffmpeg, media, video. - [bento4](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bento4/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, video. - [ccextractor](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ccextractor/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, video. - [dvanalyzer](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dvanalyzer/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, video. - [dvr-scan](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dvr-scan/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, video. - [ffmate](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ffmate/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, ffmpeg, media, video. - [ab-av1](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ab-av1/) - Both packages work with overlapping file formats or content types. Shared terms: cli, ffmpeg, media, using, video. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/video-compare.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/video-compare.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph