diff --git a/packages/dartcv/lib/src/imgcodecs/imgcodecs.dart b/packages/dartcv/lib/src/imgcodecs/imgcodecs.dart
index e7b6e836..d0113ded 100644
--- a/packages/dartcv/lib/src/imgcodecs/imgcodecs.dart
+++ b/packages/dartcv/lib/src/imgcodecs/imgcodecs.dart
@@ -17,6 +17,38 @@ import '../g/constants.g.dart';
 import '../g/imgcodecs.g.dart' as cvg;
 import '../native_lib.dart' show cimgcodecs;
 
+/// Returns true if the specified image can be decoded by OpenCV.
+///
+/// https://docs.opencv.org/4.10.0/d4/da8/group__imgcodecs.html#ga65d3569d8845d1210e1aeab8c199031c
+bool haveImageReader(String filename) {
+  final cname = filename.toNativeUtf8().cast<ffi.Char>();
+  final rval = cimgcodecs.cv_haveImageReader(cname);
+  calloc.free(cname);
+  return rval;
+}
+
+/// Returns true if an image with the specified filename can be encoded by OpenCV.
+///
+/// https://docs.opencv.org/4.10.0/d4/da8/group__imgcodecs.html#gac4fa9c4c32b58c55059752c0490d3f20
+bool haveImageWriter(String filename) {
+  final cname = filename.toNativeUtf8().cast<ffi.Char>();
+  final rval = cimgcodecs.cv_haveImageWriter(cname);
+  calloc.free(cname);
+  return rval;
+}
+
+/// Returns the number of images inside the give file.
+///
+/// The function imcount will return the number of pages in a multi-page image, or 1 for single-page images
+///
+/// https://docs.opencv.org/4.10.0/d4/da8/group__imgcodecs.html#ga02237b2aad2d4ae41c9489a83781f202
+int imcount(String filename, {int flags = IMREAD_ANYCOLOR}) {
+  final cname = filename.toNativeUtf8().cast<ffi.Char>();
+  final rval = cimgcodecs.cv_imcount(cname, flags);
+  calloc.free(cname);
+  return rval;
+}
+
 /// read an image from a file into a Mat.
 /// The flags param is one of the IMReadFlag flags.
 /// If the image cannot be read (because of missing file, improper permissions,
@@ -32,6 +64,7 @@ Mat imread(String filename, {int flags = IMREAD_COLOR}) {
   return dst;
 }
 
+/// async version of [imread]
 Future<Mat> imreadAsync(String filename, {int flags = IMREAD_COLOR}) async {
   final dst = Mat.empty();
   final cname = filename.toNativeUtf8().cast<ffi.Char>();
@@ -61,6 +94,7 @@ bool imwrite(String filename, InputArray img, {VecI32? params}) {
   return rval;
 }
 
+/// async version of [imwrite]
 Future<bool> imwriteAsync(String filename, InputArray img, {VecI32? params}) async {
   final fname = filename.toNativeUtf8().cast<ffi.Char>();
   final p = calloc<ffi.Bool>();
@@ -82,7 +116,7 @@ Future<bool> imwriteAsync(String filename, InputArray img, {VecI32? params}) asy
   );
 }
 
-/// IMEncode encodes an image Mat into a memory buffer.
+/// imencode encodes an image Mat into a memory buffer.
 /// This function compresses the image and stores it in the returned memory buffer,
 /// using the image format passed in in the form of a file extension string.
 ///
@@ -92,6 +126,18 @@ Future<bool> imwriteAsync(String filename, InputArray img, {VecI32? params}) asy
   String ext,
   InputArray img, {
   VecI32? params,
+}) {
+  final (success, vec) = imencodeVec(ext, img, params: params);
+  final u8List = vec.toU8List(); // will copy data
+  vec.dispose();
+  return (success, u8List);
+}
+
+/// Same as [imencode] but returns [VecUChar]
+(bool, VecUChar) imencodeVec(
+  String ext,
+  InputArray img, {
+  VecI32? params,
 }) {
   final buffer = calloc<cvg.VecUChar>();
   final pSuccess = calloc<ffi.Bool>();
@@ -105,11 +151,9 @@ Future<bool> imwriteAsync(String filename, InputArray img, {VecI32? params}) asy
   calloc.free(pSuccess);
 
   final vec = VecUChar.fromPointer(buffer);
-  final u8List = vec.toU8List(); // will copy data
-  vec.dispose();
-  return (success, u8List);
+  return (success, vec);
 }
-
+/// async version of [imencode]
 Future<(bool, Uint8List)> imencodeAsync(
   String ext,
   InputArray img, {
@@ -142,23 +186,66 @@ Future<(bool, Uint8List)> imencodeAsync(
   );
 }
 
+/// Same as [imencodeAsync] but returns [VecUChar]
+Future<(bool, VecUChar)> imencodeVecAsync(
+  String ext,
+  InputArray img, {
+  VecI32? params,
+}) async {
+  final buffer = calloc<cvg.VecUChar>();
+  final pSuccess = calloc<ffi.Bool>();
+  final cExt = ext.toNativeUtf8().cast<ffi.Char>();
+
+  void completeFunc(Completer<(bool, VecUChar)> c) {
+    final success = pSuccess.value;
+    calloc.free(cExt);
+    calloc.free(pSuccess);
+
+    final vec = VecUChar.fromPointer(buffer);
+    return c.complete((success, vec));
+  }
+
+  if (params == null) {
+    return cvRunAsync0(
+      (callback) => cimgcodecs.cv_imencode(cExt, img.ref, pSuccess, buffer, callback),
+      completeFunc,
+    );
+  }
+  return cvRunAsync0(
+    (callback) => cimgcodecs.cv_imencode_1(cExt, img.ref, params.ref, pSuccess, buffer, callback),
+    completeFunc,
+  );
+}
+
 /// imdecode reads an image from a buffer in memory.
 /// The function imdecode reads an image from the specified buffer in memory.
 /// If the buffer is too short or contains invalid data, the function
 /// returns an empty matrix.
 /// @param buf Input array or vector of bytes.
 /// @param flags The same flags as in cv::imread, see cv::ImreadModes.
+///
 /// For further details, please see:
 /// https://docs.opencv.org/master/d4/da8/group__imgcodecs.html#ga26a67788faa58ade337f8d28ba0eb19e
 Mat imdecode(Uint8List buf, int flags, {Mat? dst}) {
   final vec = VecUChar.fromList(buf);
+  return imdecodeVec(vec, flags, dst: dst);
+}
+
+/// Same as [imdecode] but accepts [VecUChar]
+Mat imdecodeVec(VecUChar buf, int flags, {Mat? dst}) {
   dst ??= Mat.empty();
-  cvRun(() => cimgcodecs.cv_imdecode(vec.ref, flags, dst!.ptr, ffi.nullptr));
+  cvRun(() => cimgcodecs.cv_imdecode(buf.ref, flags, dst!.ptr, ffi.nullptr));
   return dst;
 }
 
+/// async version of [imdecode]
 Future<Mat> imdecodeAsync(Uint8List buf, int flags, {Mat? dst}) async {
   final vec = VecUChar.fromList(buf);
+  return imdecodeVecAsync(vec, flags, dst: dst);
+}
+
+/// Same as [imdecodeAsync] but accepts [VecUChar]
+Future<Mat> imdecodeVecAsync(VecUChar vec, int flags, {Mat? dst}) async {
   dst ??= Mat.empty();
   return cvRunAsync0(
     (callback) => cimgcodecs.cv_imdecode(vec.ref, flags, dst!.ptr, callback),
diff --git a/packages/dartcv/test/images/avif_test.avif b/packages/dartcv/test/images/avif_test.avif
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9b96484f
Binary files /dev/null and b/packages/dartcv/test/images/avif_test.avif differ
diff --git a/packages/dartcv/test/imgcodecs_test.dart b/packages/dartcv/test/imgcodecs_test.dart
index 2afd0085..b1557b04 100644
--- a/packages/dartcv/test/imgcodecs_test.dart
+++ b/packages/dartcv/test/imgcodecs_test.dart
@@ -4,6 +4,16 @@ import 'package:dartcv4/dartcv.dart' as cv;
 import 'package:test/test.dart';
 
 void main() async {
+  test('cv.haveImageReader, cv.haveImageWriter', () {
+    expect(cv.haveImageReader("test/images/circles.jpg"), true);
+    expect(cv.haveImageReader("test/images/avif_test.avif"), false);
+    expect(cv.haveImageWriter("test/images/circles.jpg"), true);
+  });
+
+  test('cv.imcount', () {
+    expect(cv.imcount("test/images/circles.jpg"), 1);
+  });
+
   test("cv2.imread, cv2.imwrite", () async {
     {
       final cvImage = cv.imread("test/images/circles.jpg", flags: cv.IMREAD_COLOR);
@@ -45,6 +55,30 @@ void main() async {
     expect(dst.isEmpty, false);
     expect((dst.rows, dst.cols, dst.channels), (cvImage.rows, cvImage.cols, cvImage.channels));
   });
+
+  test("cv2.imencodeVec, cv2.imdecodeVec", () async {
+    final cvImage = cv.imread("test/images/circles.jpg", flags: cv.IMREAD_COLOR);
+    expect((cvImage.width, cvImage.height), (512, 512));
+    final (success, buf) = cv.imencodeVec(".png", cvImage);
+    expect(success, true);
+    expect(buf.length, greaterThan(0));
+    await File("test/images_out/test_imencode.png").writeAsBytes(buf.data);
+    final params = [cv.IMWRITE_PNG_COMPRESSION, 9].i32;
+    final (success1, buf1) = cv.imencodeVec(".png", cvImage, params: params);
+    expect(success1, true);
+    expect(buf1.length, greaterThan(0));
+
+    final cvimgDecode = cv.imdecodeVec(buf, cv.IMREAD_COLOR);
+    expect(cvimgDecode.height, equals(cvImage.height));
+    expect(cvimgDecode.width, equals(cvImage.width));
+    expect(cvimgDecode.channels, equals(cvImage.channels));
+
+    final dst = cv.Mat.empty();
+    cv.imdecodeVec(buf, cv.IMREAD_COLOR, dst: dst);
+    expect(dst.isEmpty, false);
+    expect((dst.rows, dst.cols, dst.channels), (cvImage.rows, cvImage.cols, cvImage.channels));
+  });
+
   test("cv2.imencodeAsync, cv2.imdecodeAsync", () async {
     final cvImage = await cv.imreadAsync("test/images/circles.jpg", flags: cv.IMREAD_COLOR);
     expect((cvImage.width, cvImage.height), (512, 512));
@@ -63,4 +97,23 @@ void main() async {
     expect(cvimgDecode.width, equals(cvImage.width));
     expect(cvimgDecode.channels, equals(cvImage.channels));
   });
+
+  test("cv2.imencodeVecAsync, cv2.imdecodeVecAsync", () async {
+    final cvImage = await cv.imreadAsync("test/images/circles.jpg", flags: cv.IMREAD_COLOR);
+    expect((cvImage.width, cvImage.height), (512, 512));
+    final (success, buf) = await cv.imencodeVecAsync(".png", cvImage);
+    expect(success, true);
+    expect(buf.length, greaterThan(0));
+
+    await File("test/images_out/test_imencode.png").writeAsBytes(buf.data);
+    final params = [cv.IMWRITE_PNG_COMPRESSION, 9].i32;
+    final (success1, buf1) = await cv.imencodeVecAsync(".png", cvImage, params: params);
+    expect(success1, true);
+    expect(buf1.length, greaterThan(0));
+
+    final cvimgDecode = await cv.imdecodeVecAsync(buf, cv.IMREAD_COLOR);
+    expect(cvimgDecode.height, equals(cvImage.height));
+    expect(cvimgDecode.width, equals(cvImage.width));
+    expect(cvimgDecode.channels, equals(cvImage.channels));
+  });
 }