Software tools reference
------------------------

This chapter contains reference documentation and basic usage examples for each
of the command line tools included with the VC-2 conformance software. In
summary, these are:

:ref:`vc2-test-case-generator`
    Generates test cases (i.e. pictures and bitstreams) for testing the
    conformance of VC-2 encoders and decoders.

:ref:`vc2-bitstream-validator`
    Validates the conformance of a VC-2 bitstream and produces a reference
    decoding.

:ref:`vc2-picture-compare`
    Compares pairs of pictures.

:ref:`vc2-picture-explain`
    Produces informative explanations of the video formats written and accepted
    by the VC-2 conformance software. (See :ref:`file-format`).

:ref:`vc2-bitstream-viewer`
    Produces a human-readable low-level description of VC-2 bitstreams.

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 2
   :caption: Contents:
   
   vc2_test_case_generator.rst
   vc2_bitstream_validator.rst
   vc2_picture_compare.rst
   vc2_picture_explain.rst
   vc2_bitstream_viewer.rst