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NVIDIA nvImageCodec provides accelerated image encoding and decoding using GPU hardware on CUDA 12 systems. Version 0.8.0.22 is the latest beta release, with a focus on JPEG, JPEG2000, and other formats. The library is under active development with beta releases every few months.

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pip install nvidia-nvimgcodec-cu12
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nvidia-nvimgcodec-cu12
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nvimgcodec
✓ from nvidia import nvimgcodec
✗ import nvimgcodec

Load and decode an image using nvImageCodec.

import nvimgcodec import numpy as np # Create encoder/decoder instance decoder = nvimgcodec.Decoder() # Open an image file img = decoder.read('example.jpg') print(f"Image shape: {img.shape}")
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Known issues
deprecatedThe package is beta (v0.8.0.22). API may change without notice in future releases.
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Pin version and test upgrades.
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gotchaOnly CUDA 12 is supported. Do not install on CUDA 11 systems or older.
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Use the appropriate CUDA variant package (e.g., nvidia-nvimgcodec-cu11 for CUDA 11).
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breakingThe library name changed from 'nvImageCodecs' to 'nvimgcodec' in v0.6.0. Import paths changed accordingly.
fix
Use 'import nvimgcodec' instead of old 'import nvImageCodecs'.
affects: <0.6.0
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Version history
0.8.0.22latest on PyPI · released Apr 13, 2026
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Dependencies
nvidia-cuda-runtime-cu12requiredRequired runtime for CUDA 12.
cupy-cuda12xoptionalRequired for GPU memory management and tensor conversion.
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githubhttps://github.com/NVIDIA/nvImageCodec ↗
packagehttps://pypi.org/project/nvidia-nvimgcodec-cu12/ ↗
homepagehttps://developer.nvidia.com/nvimagecodec ↗
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