作者: DmitriyV2
Now we prepare information for second h.264 codecs comparison test, that will be compared with more advanced metrics. So we collect information about current available codecs and there stage. If you have ANY information about this codecs or another codecs please replay this message!
LIST of MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 VIDEO CODECS
(Last updated 1 December 2005 - 62 items now!)
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SOFTWARE CODECS:
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Ateme H.264/MPEG-4 AVC Codec (Ateme)
No download on original site:
See 30 day trial of Nero Digital (with Nero Recode) available from:
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VSS H.264 Video Codec (Vanguard Software Solutions, Inc.)
Trial available, VfW.
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Elecard OneClick Compressor & Elecard AVC/H.264 Decoder Package (Elecard)
21-day free trial. Have H.264 SDK
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Mainconcept H.264 (MainConcept AG)
Trial available on download page
Use Elecard Encoder H.264 from March 2005.
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Moonlight H.264 Video Codec (Moonlight Cordless LTD.)
21-day evaluation, DirectX filter.
This codec was developed with Elecard team.
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SONY Video Editor Vegas 6c with AVC support (Sony Corp.) NEW!!!
30-days evaluation.
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QuickTime 7 H.264 (Apple Computer, Inc.)
Integrated. Who test it? Any remarks welcome!
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FastVDO H.264 (FastVDO LLC)
Demo has decode time limit of 5 min.
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LEAD H.264 Video codec (LEAD Technologies)
Only demo, but you can buy codec online (100$). Who test it?
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Compression Master 3 (Popwire/Teleca AB)
H264 encoder is all a part of Popwire's Compression Master. Demo soft available (encoding is limited to 20 seconds).
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SVM H.264 Decoder Kit & MKi DVD Converter (Pegasus Information Technology Inc.)
H.264 encoder and decoder with non standart format.
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AVC Alliance free demo player (AVC Alliance, written by Philips Electronics)
Poor but free.
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Intel IPP H.264 codec (Intel Corporation)
Intel IPP Library containe now H.264 encoder and decoder. Higher quality codecs are promised in 5.0 version (released now)
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PowerEncoder MPEG-4 AVC (CyberLink Corp.) NEW!!!
Available in online shop.
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ATI H.264 (ATI Technologies Inc.)
No download. Software only and +HW support. Very fast codec by our tests.
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Mpegable AVC Codec (dicas digital image coding GmbH)
No download, VfW
Old version from free-codecs:
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Expert H.264 (PixelTools Corporation)
Download on request
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Softstream H.264/MPEG-4 (Media Excel)
Audio & Video encoders ane decoders. Evaluation copy on request
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MPEG-2/HDV/H.264 software (KDDI R&D Labs. Inc.)
No download. MPEG related products also with H.264 support
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Fraunhofer IIS H.264 Codec (Fraunhofer IIS)
No download.
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UBLive-264-C64 (UB Video Incorporated)
Demo available on request.
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Sorenson Squeeze 4 Compression Suite (Sorenson)
No download. Converter.
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Sonic’s HD-Series AVC encoder (Sonic Solutions)
No download. Only press release now.
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Enchansed sklmp4 (Pascal Massimino)
No download. Announce of 264 development.
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NEX VISION H.264 (NEX VISION)
No download.
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Hughes Network Systems H.264 (Hughes Network Systems, LLC)
No download. Own Win&Linux codec for internal usage
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Imagicity H.264/AVC codec (Imagicity, UK) NEW!!!
No download. Speed optimization claimed.
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OPEN SOURCE:
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x264 (free, supported by VideoLAN)
OPEN SOURCE. Good publically available high profile encoder. Developers declare "early development stage", but encode results are one of the best.
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JM 9.6 reference H.264 encodec (free, supported by Joint Video Team ISO+ITU-T)
OPEN SOURCE. Can be used only for stream testing.
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libavcodec H.264 Decoder (Project FFMPEG)
OPEN SOURCE. Permanently updated decoder.
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Hdot264 Pre-Alpha (Project Hdot264)
OPEN SOURCE.
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t264 (Project t264)
OPEN SOURCE.
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Minimal H.264 decoder (by Martin Fiedler)
OPEN SOURCE. Basic decoder.
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See also Software Developments Kits for software codec usage:
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Elecard AVC&MPEG2 Encoder SDK (Elecard)
MPEG2 and H.264 Video Encoder and Decoders other components within the DirectShow® technology.
LEADTOOLS Multimedia Developer SDKs (LEAD Technologies, Inc)
Support for many-many formats, including H.264
MPEG SDK "MP-Factory" (KDDI R&D Labs. Inc.)
SDK with H.264, HDV, MPEG-1,-2, and -4 support
VSS H.264 SDK (Vanguard Software Solutions, Inc.)
Based on there codec. Windows and Linux support.
Pegasus H.264 SDK Development Kits (Pegasus)
Looks like simple codec, but prefilters declared.
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HARDWARE IMPLEMENTED:
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Sony PlayStation Portable (Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.)
Product: Support H.264/MPEG-4 AVC Main Profile Level3 decoding.
See also Image Converter 2 Plus:
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VSX 300 Videoconferencing Terminal with H.264 support (Polycom Inc)
Product: Biggest HW videoconferencing company, prepare many solutions with 264 support
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Tandberg EN5930 (Tandberg Television)
Product for videoconferencing. Who test it? I have bad review.
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Tandberg Telecom - video communication (Tandberg Telecom)
Product for videoconferencing, supports H.264 baseline profile.
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4Caster MPEG-4 / H.264 Encoder (Envivio, Inc.)
Product: Hardware box encoder
(software, no download)
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Tut Systems MPEG-4 AVC (Tut Systems, Inc.)
Product: Hardware transcoder box.
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Hardware MGW 5100 (Optibase, Inc.)
Product: Hardware box encoder
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Harmonic DiviCom® MV 100 Encoder (Harmonic Inc. )
Product: Hardware box encoder
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SkyStream Mediaplex & iPlex (SkyStream Networks , inc.)
Product: Hardware box encoder. Platforms contain the AVC Encoder Submodule, press release only
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E42 - H264 DVB over IP Broadcast Encoder (StreamTel Corporation)
Product: Hardware box encoder. Broadcast-Grade real time H264 DVB IP streaming encoder
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Darim MV401EXP-H264 Encoder and MV410EXP Decoder (Darim Vision Co., Ltd.)
Product: Hardware box Encoding/Streaming systems
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Mayah I [io] 8000 series (MAYAH Communications)
Product: Hardware box. Plan AVC availability in Q3 '05.
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Thales ARGOS MPEG-4 Encoder (Thales Broadcast & Multimedia, Inc.)
Product: Hardware box. Plan AVC from July 05.
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ViBE MPEG-4 AVC (Thomson)
Chip: modular hardware series of encoders
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Broadcom chips (Broadcom Corp. former Sandvideo)
Chip with H.264 HD / decoding only
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Sentivision H.264/AVC Decoder (Sentivision, Japan)
Chip with H.264 HD / decoding only / only for TI DSP's
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H.264 VLE4000 (LSI Logic Corp. former: VideoLocus)
Chips with 264 support
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Modulus Video SDTV, HDTV Encoder (Modulus Video, Inc.)
Chips. Declarations only now. License H.264 from LSI Logic.
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BSP 15 (System-on-chip) (Equator Technologies, Inc.)
Chips. No exact codec info.
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BT Exact H.264 Suite (BT Exact)
temporarily not available
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Surveillance Real Time H.264 Encoders (DSP Research, Inc.)
Several chips implementation.
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VP3-PMC / Hardware TwinPEG Pro (Vitec Multimedia)
Chips. TMS320DM642TMDSP & etc
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WWComs H.264 Codecs (W&W Communications Inc.)
Several chips implementation (TI DM64x, C64xx, Freescale DSPs).
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CX2418x H.264 Video Decoder IC (Conexant Systems, Inc.)
HW Decoder with Main & High Profile (on CX24182)
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Sigma Designs HD decoder (Sigma Designs, Inc.)
HW HD Decoder based on SMP8630 family
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Cradle Technologies H.264 (Cradle Technologies, Inc.)
HW Main profile Encoder based on CT3600 MDSP family
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STMicroelectronics H.264 (STMicroelectronics)
HW HD High Profile decoder
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PacketVideo H.264 (PacketVideo Corp.)
HW Base Profile encoder/decoder on ARM/OMAP/DM642
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