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'''x264''' is a free software library for encoding [[H.264/MPEG-4 AVC]] video streams. The code is written by Loren Merritt, Laurent Aimar, Eric Petit, Min Chen, Justin Clay, Måns Rullgård, Radek Czyz, Alex Izvorski, Alex Wright, and Christian Heine from scratch. | '''x264''' is a free software library for encoding [[H.264/MPEG-4 AVC]] video streams. The code is written by Loren Merritt, Laurent Aimar, Eric Petit, Min Chen, Justin Clay, Måns Rullgård, Radek Czyz, Alex Izvorski, Alex Wright, and Christian Heine from scratch. | ||
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| + | '''x264''' is one of the most popular video compression libraries in the world, used worldwide for applications such as web video, television broadcast, and Blu-ray authoring. It outclasses practically all commercial implementations both speed and compression-wise. While not actually part of {{VLC}} or ffmpeg, it is a major library used by both, licensed under the GPL. Due to its popularity in the commercial world (for example, Youtube and Facebook rely on it), many companies have offered bounties in the past for features and improvements that they found useful. | ||
x264 has a strong user community based at [http://www.Doom9.org Doom9] where discussions for improved development take place. | x264 has a strong user community based at [http://www.Doom9.org Doom9] where discussions for improved development take place. | ||
Revision as of 14:00, 30 September 2013
x264 is a free software library for encoding H.264/MPEG-4 AVC video streams. The code is written by Loren Merritt, Laurent Aimar, Eric Petit, Min Chen, Justin Clay, Måns Rullgård, Radek Czyz, Alex Izvorski, Alex Wright, and Christian Heine from scratch.
x264 is one of the most popular video compression libraries in the world, used worldwide for applications such as web video, television broadcast, and Blu-ray authoring. It outclasses practically all commercial implementations both speed and compression-wise. While not actually part of VLC media player or ffmpeg, it is a major library used by both, licensed under the GPL. Due to its popularity in the commercial world (for example, Youtube and Facebook rely on it), many companies have offered bounties in the past for features and improvements that they found useful.
x264 has a strong user community based at Doom9 where discussions for improved development take place.
Developers
Demos
flyingskunk.mkv demo encoded with x264/vorbis/matroska - (96 MB, 640x480, 25 fps, 6 minutes), created using LiVES
Pages in category "X264"
The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.
Media in category "X264"
The following 5 files are in this category, out of 5 total.
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