SDL alternatives and similar libraries

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• mpv

  9.6 9.3 L3 SDL VS mpv

  🎥 Command line video player
  

• SFML

  9.1 7.1 L1 SDL VS SFML

  Simple and Fast Multimedia Library
  

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• QtAv

  8.4 2.6 L1 SDL VS QtAv

  A cross-platform multimedia framework based on Qt and FFmpeg(https://github.com/wang-bin/avbuild). High performance. User & developer friendly. Supports Android, iOS, Windows store and desktops. 基于Qt和FFmpeg的跨平台高性能音视频播放框架

• GStreamer

  6.3 0.0 L2 SDL VS GStreamer

  GStreamer open-source multimedia framework core library
  

• MediaInfoLib

  4.2 8.2 SDL VS MediaInfoLib

  Convenient unified display of the most relevant technical and tag data for video and audio files.
  

• libVLC

  3.6 - SDL VS libVLC

  libVLC (VLC SDK) media framework. [GPL]

• AvCpp

  3.6 6.2 L1 SDL VS AvCpp

  C++ wrapper for FFmpeg

• CatraMMS

  1.5 3.5 SDL VS CatraMMS

  Media Management System: ingestion, processing, encoding, delivery, ...

• LIVE555 Streaming Media

  - SDL VS LIVE555 Streaming Media

  Multimedia streaming library using open standard protocols (RTP/RTCP, RTSP, SIP). [LGPL]

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