# List of codecs available in AL2027
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**AL2027 Preview**  
AL2027 is currently available for preview. It is intended for evaluation and testing only and is not recommended for production workloads.

AL2027 provides a selection of multimedia codecs and media processing libraries through its standard repositories. This page provides an overview of the codecs and their typical use cases.

**Important**  
 The use and distribution of codecs included in Amazon Linux may require that you obtain license rights from third parties, including owners or licensors of certain third party audio and video formats. You are solely responsible for obtaining these licenses and paying any necessary royalties or fees. 


| Codec | Description | 
| --- | --- | 
|  bluez  |  The official Linux Bluetooth protocol stack, including native support for the SBC codec used for Bluetooth audio streaming  | 
|  dav1d  |  An open source implementation of the AV1 video decoder focused on speed, efficiency, and portability. It provides high-performance AV1 decoding for a wide range of platforms and applications.  | 
|  exempi  |  A library for parsing, manipulating, and serializing XMP (Extensible Metadata Platform) metadata embedded in media files  | 
|  fdk-aac-free  |  An open-source implementation of the AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) standard, providing high-quality audio encoding as an alternative to MP3, commonly used in streaming and file storage  | 
|  flac  |  A free and open-source lossless audio codec that compresses audio without losing any data or quality, commonly used for high-quality audio storage  | 
|  jasper  |  An open source implementation of the JPEG-2000 image compression standard for encoding and decoding JPEG-2000 images  | 
|  libde265  |  An open source implementation of the H.265/HEVC video decoder. It provides efficient and portable decoding of HEVC video streams for use in multimedia applications and frameworks.  | 
|  libheif  |  An open source library for reading and writing HEIF and AVIF image files. It provides efficient encoding, decoding, and conversion of images and image sequences using modern compression formats like HEVC and AV1.  | 
|  libvpx  |  The reference implementation of the VP8 and VP9 video codecs, widely used for web video such as WebM  | 
|  libwebp  |  A library for encoding and decoding images in the WebP format, which provides efficient lossy and lossless image compression for the web  | 
|  mpg123  |  A high-performance decoder for MPEG audio streams, including MP3 files. It provides fast and accurate audio decoding for playback, streaming, and audio processing applications.  | 
|  openexr  |  A library for the OpenEXR high dynamic-range (HDR) image format, commonly used in visual effects and professional imaging  | 
|  openh264  |  An open source implementation of the H.264 video codec. It provides encoding and decoding support for H.264 video used in streaming, conferencing, and multimedia applications.  | 
|  openjpeg2  |  An open source implementation of the JPEG-2000 image codec, providing encoding and decoding of JPEG-2000 images  | 
|  opus  |  A highly versatile and efficient audio codec designed for real-time streaming, offering low latency and support for a wide range of audio applications, including VoIP and music streaming  | 
|  sbc  |  The reference implementation of the SBC (low-complexity subband) audio codec used for Bluetooth audio streaming  | 
|  svt-av1  |  An open source, high-performance implementation of the AV1 video encoder. It provides scalable encoding of AV1 video, optimized for modern CPUs and parallel processing.  | 
|  x265  |  An open source H.265/HEVC video encoder focused on high compression efficiency and performance across a wide variety of hardware platforms  |