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* Website: http://developers.videolan.org/x264.html | * Website: [http://developers.videolan.org/x264.html http://developers.videolan.org/x264.html] | ||
* Fan site with lots of (mostly Win32-oriented) links and utils: http://x264.nl | * Fan site with lots of (mostly Win32-oriented) links and utils: [http://x264.nl http://x264.nl] | ||
x264 is a highly successful [[H.264]] encoder. It provides a library and a simple frontend application that accepts raw YUV input, and outputs either a raw H.264 elementary stream or a [[Matroska]] or [[Apple QuickTime | .mp4]] file. | x264 is a highly successful [[H.264]] encoder. It provides a library and a simple frontend application that accepts raw YUV input, and outputs either a raw H.264 elementary stream or a [[Matroska]] or [[Apple QuickTime | .mp4]] file. | ||
Revision as of 07:32, 29 January 2006
- Website: http://developers.videolan.org/x264.html
- Fan site with lots of (mostly Win32-oriented) links and utils: http://x264.nl
x264 is a highly successful H.264 encoder. It provides a library and a simple frontend application that accepts raw YUV input, and outputs either a raw H.264 elementary stream or a Matroska or .mp4 file.
While its encoding speed is not as fast as most ASP encoders, the output quality is quite high. x264 managed to win a recent codec comparison by Doom9.
x264 was born in late 2003. Originally developed primarily by Laurent Aimar, since about mid-2004, the majority of the work on this encoder has come from Loren Merritt.