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x264
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Developed by | x264 team |
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Operating system | Cross-platform |
Type | Multimedia framework |
License | GPL |
Website | http://www.videolan.org/developers/x264.html |
x264 is a free software library for encoding H.264/MPEG-4 AVC video streams. The code is developed by Laurent Aimar, Loren Merritt, Eric Petit (OS X), Min Chen (vfw/asm), Justin Clay (vfw), Måns Rullgård, Radek Czyz, Christian Heine (asm), Alex Izvorski, and Alex Wright. It is released under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
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[edit] Number of graphical user interfaces
Several graphical user interfaces have been made for the command line version, including Staxrip, MeGUI, AutoAC and a x264CLI GUI (requires .NET (1.1) framework).
[edit] Capabilities
As of August 2008, x264 implements more features than any other H.264 encoder.
For more details on this topic, see H.264#Software_encoder_feature_comparison.
[edit] Comparison with other codecs
x264 has won awards in the following codec comparisons:
- Doom9's 2005 codec shoot-out
- Third Annual MSU H.264/MPEG-4 AVC Video Codec Comparison, 2006
- Fourth Annual MSU MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 Video Codec Comparison, 2007
[edit] x264 frontends
- Ani-x264
- AutoMKV
- Avidemux
- FairUse Wizard
- FFmpeg
- Gordian Knot: discontinued
- HandBrake, a cross-platform DVD and video file converter
- MediaCoder
- MeGUI
- MEncoder
- Ripbot264 - Fast/Easy to use DVD/Blu-ray converter
- StaxRip
- SUPER : Simplified Universal Player Encoder & Renderer.
- VirtualDub with a Video for Windows-compatible version of x264
- VLC media player (x264 project homepage and repository is on the VideoLAN website)
- x264farm, a distributed video encoder
- XYNcoder - allows any format to MP4 batch encoding
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- x264 Home Page
- x264 Options Explained Guide @ Digital Digest
- x264 CLI binaries for Windows
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