MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 video codecs list

[dragongodz]

Cyberlink also have an AVC encoder aswell
http://www.cyberlink.com/multi/products/main_43_ENU.html

mpeg4 SP and AAC appear to have been introduced in version 1.5 according to 1 of their press releases, which are online there. however only version 1.0 appears to be available for download for a 30 day trial.

also the JM reference is up to version 10.1 by the way.

[DmitriyV2]

Not sure if this one is already in the list:
http://www.imagicity.com/products/products.htmIncluded, thanks!
SONY have released their AVC encoder when PSP 2.0 FW was available. Image Converter 2 Plus ....Good links! Thanks!
Cyberlink also have an AVC encoder aswell
http://www.cyberlink.com/multi/prod...ain_43_ENU.htmlOk! Hope 1.5 version will appear.
----------------------------------------------------------------
well!

List (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=673420#post673420) update:
+ SONY Video Editor Vegas 6c with H.264/AVC support
+ PowerEncoder MPEG-4 AVC
+ Imagicity optimised H.264/AVC codec
+ Image Converter 2 Plus
+ some fixes (remove some comments to fit in 16K)
direct link: http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=673420#post673420

60 list items now.

Enjoy! :)

[DmitriyV2]

When does the new comparision of all these codecs start?
See http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=730020#post730020

[bond]

Cyberlink also have an AVC encoder aswell
http://www.cyberlink.com/multi/products/main_43_ENU.html

mpeg4 SP and AAC appear to have been introduced in version 1.5 according to 1 of their press releases, which are online there. however only version 1.0 appears to be available for download for a 30 day trial.

also the JM reference is up to version 10.1 by the way.guys check the details plz!!!
its known cyberlink doesnt have an own encoder! they till now used the one from moonlight!
so cyberlink is not an own avc encoder! its a wrapper tool for the moonlight encoder and shouldnt be listed as on own codec, but rather be totally removed or listed under moonlight

the same way mainconcept should be either removed or listed under elecard, as mainconcept uses elecards encoder

[Hyper Shinchan]

In the hardware list you could include the (useless imo) I-Pod 5th generation. It supports AVC baseline @L1.3, right?

[DmitriyV2]

List (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=673420#post673420) update:
+ t264 - Open Source "Chinese" H.264 version

Bond, I check your info - MainConcept till now have there own H.264, but current developed version is updated by Elecard team, you right.

62 list items now.

Enjoy! :)

[dand]

Dmitriy,

As Elecard was taken over from Moonlight by MainConcept, there is no more Moonlight (they recently announced liquidation on their web site - now even the web site is gone). Moonlight probably didn't have much of a development team, all was done in Elecarard I suspect, so when they lost Elecard they lost everything.

On the other hand, Mainconcept has it's own dev team, which is now working together with Elecard's team. The H264 codec from Elecard and MainConcept is the same, and it should not be stated twice in your list.

Also from THIS (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=100418) thread it is obvious that Sony licensed H264 from MainConcept, so I don't see the point of listing Sony eather, it's the same codec.

I would: remove Moonlight, remove Sony, join Elecard and MainConcept - 3 entries less in the list.

Hope this helped to make things clearer.

[bond]

Dmitriy,

As Elecard was taken over from Moonlight by MainConcept, there is no more Moonlight (they recently announced liquidation on their web site - now even the web site is gone). Moonlight probably didn't have much of a development team, all was done in Elecarard I suspect, so when they lost Elecard they lost everything.

On the other hand, Mainconcept has it's own dev team, which is now working together with Elecard's team. The H264 codec from Elecard and MainConcept is the same, and it should not be stated twice in your list.

Also from THIS (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=100418) thread it is obvious that Sony licensed H264 from MainConcept, so I don't see the point of listing Sony eather, it's the same codec.

I would: remove Moonlight, remove Sony, join Elecard and MainConcept - 3 entries less in the list.

Hope this helped to make things clearer.1) the moonlight avc and elecard avc encoders/decoders are totaly different ones! so moonlight shouldnt be removed
2) i am not sure that sony uses the elecard encoder too, at least i never heard a statement about that from elecard devs, which are around on doom9

[dand]

1) the moonlight avc and elecard avc encoders/decoders are totaly different ones! so moonlight shouldnt be removed

They are different - probably because Elecard's AVC evolved in the meantime. Just a guess.
Try to get the latest version of AVC from Moonlight and let us all know what's their web page.


2) i am not sure that sony uses the elecard encoder too, at least i never heard a statement about that from elecard devs, which are around on doom9
I said Sony uses MainConcept's AVC (which is now the same as Elecard's). So it's not Sony's. Download Sony Vegas trial and you will see the AVC dll properties say "mainconcept", as the above mentioned thread stated first.

I am sure you didn't miss the info about Elecard/MainConcept joining forces.

If we are interested in the future of AVC, it all comes down to the following: we will not have Moonlight's and Sony's AVC solutions, Elecard and MainConcept will provide same thing.

[bond]

They are different - probably because Elecard's AVC evolved in the meantime. Just a guess.i am not guessing, i know that elecard and moonlight are totally different encoders/decoders, as the devs told me so

I said Sony uses MainConcept's AVC (which is now the same as Elecard's). So it's not Sony's. Download Sony Vegas trial and you will see the AVC dll properties say "mainconcept", as the above mentioned thread stated first. well its an indication, but might not be a 100% proove that sony uses elecards encoder

i would only say thats for sure if elecards devs confirm that its really that way

[dand]

i am not guessing, i know that elecard and moonlight are totally different encoders/decoders, as the devs told me so

Did they say why? "Probably because Elecard's AVC evolved in the meantime." Or was rewritten. Also, this may be a matter of disclosure agreements, so devs might not be allowed to tell the whole truth - I don't expect them to come here and freely speak on such matters.

well its an indication, but might not be a 100% proove that sony uses elecards encoder

Well, how % possible it is that Sony placed "mainconcept" id accidentally on it's AVC!?! Let's be reasonable.

i would only say thats for sure if elecards devs confirm that its really that way
Why would devs have any idea about what the sales department is doing?


Daniel

[bond]

Did they say why? "Probably because Elecard's AVC evolved in the meantime." Or was rewritten. Also, this may be a matter of disclosure agreements, so devs might not be allowed to tell the whole truth - I don't expect them to come here and freely speak on such matters.

Well, how % possible it is that Sony placed "mainconcept" id accidentally on it's AVC!?! Let's be reasonable.

Why would devs have any idea about what the sales department is doing?you are speculating, not more

i can say that a dev told me that elecard wrote their avc and mp4 stuff from scratch and i believe a elecard dev more than i believe in speculation, period

this list should be about facts and not speculation

[dand]

you are speculating, not more

i can say that a dev told me that elecard wrote their avc and mp4 stuff from scratch and i believe a elecard dev more than i believe in speculation, period

this list should be about facts and not speculation

I'm not speculating, just putting 2 and 2 together.

Now I could say "writting from scratch" fits into my claim "or was rewritten", and I could say "you will not have 4 AVCs out of this 4 companies but ONE"... But I give up because you tend to miss the point in favor of writing another fast reply.

[bond]

you dont seem to get it

eg if elecards decoder would be a continued moonlight decoder, than why is it so clearly damn slower than moonlight?

you are speculating and wrong...

[CruNcher]

As many of you allready realized moonlights H.264 codec isn't in development any more and should be listed as (abonded) :) and sure the're encoders/decoders on that list that are based on licenseing the H.264 Sdks from Mainconcept/Elecard out to ISVs that don't wan't to invest the research to implement support in their Products for H.264, testing those again will be mostly a waste of time. For Sony that is bitter and could mean (i don't say it is so) that they don't belive in their own H.264 implementation and if you see the latest task they doing in the Blue-Ray Case moveing back to Mpeg-2 it seems as they don't want to invest much research anymore into H.264 so licensing others High Quality Researched SDKs is easier for them.

For Sony it's easy to forsee what their Strategy in cases of H.264 is Devices that have enough Space as Blue-Ray will use MPeg-2 and Devices that are in the Handheld criteria that run under low bandwith considerations as the PSP will use Mpeg-4 ASP/AVC and to me on a economical standpoint that is a logical stepp, Chips that will allow higher compression of Data will only bee seen on Devices that need them and Blue-Ray isnt such a device Product Costs could be minimized this way tremendously in every class, we mostly will see H.264 in STBs and for HD-DVD and as i said handheld low bandwith devices as Cellphones and Portable Media Stuff. But it would be non logic to use Higher Compression in a Device that has enough Bandwith and Space so it wouldn't need it and im sure Hollywood will see it the same way.

[bond]

As many of you allready realized moonlights H.264 codec isn't in development any more and should be listed as (abonded) :)well moonlight is trying to sell their stuff, maybe someone will pick it up and continue developing it (their decoder is definitely very good)

and sure the're encoders/decoders on that list that are based on licenseing the H.264 Sdks from Mainconcept/Elecard out to ISVs that don't wan't to invest the research to implement support in their Products for H.264, testing those again will be mostly a waste of time. For Sony that is bitter and could mean (i don't say it is so) that they don't belive in their own H.264 implementation and if you see the latest task they doing in the Blue-Ray Case moveing back to Mpeg-2 it seems as they don't want to invest much research anymore into H.264 so licensing others High Quality Researched SDKs is easier for them. well again, i till now didnt see any proove that sony uses elecard/mainconcept. yes they seem to use "mch264dec.dll 1.1.27.0 H.264 Video Decoder Wrapper Copyright© MainConcept" and "h264vout.dll 1.1.24.0 H264 Video Wrapper Copyright© MainConcept"

now this still doesnt proove they also use the elecard encoder/decoder

[Hyper Shinchan]

As many of you allready realized moonlights H.264 codec isn't in development any more and should be listed as (abonded) :) and sure the're encoders/decoders on that list that are based on licenseing the H.264 Sdks from Mainconcept/Elecard out to ISVs that don't wan't to invest the research to implement support in their Products for H.264, testing those again will be mostly a waste of time. For Sony that is bitter and could mean (i don't say it is so) that they don't belive in their own H.264 implementation and if you see the latest task they doing in the Blue-Ray Case moveing back to Mpeg-2 it seems as they don't want to invest much research anymore into H.264 so licensing others High Quality Researched SDKs is easier for them.

For Sony it's easy to forsee what their Strategy in cases of H.264 is Devices that have enough Space as Blue-Ray will use MPeg-2 and Devices that are in the Handheld criteria that run under low bandwith considerations as the PSP will use Mpeg-4 ASP/AVC and to me on a economical standpoint that is a logical stepp, Chips that will allow higher compression of Data will only bee seen on Devices that need them and Blue-Ray isnt such a device Product Costs could be minimized this way tremendously in every class, we mostly will see H.264 in STBs and for HD-DVD and as i said handheld low bandwith devices as Cellphones and Portable Media Stuff. But it would be non logic to use Higher Compression in a Device that has enough Bandwith and Space so it wouldn't need it and im sure Hollywood will see it the same way.
I don't agree with your considerations about AVC and Blue Ray disc (or any other large capability device like BD or HD-DVD).
Using AVC can implement very high quality compared to uncompressed source and lossless compression (but I doubt that they have implemented the lossless option in the BD specs, also if it uses HP@L4 and 4.1 if I'm correct).
They want to use MPEG-2 merely because:
1) they are very very stupid.
2) they want to make it backward compatible with the actual DVB broadcasting (allowing direct recording of DVB material on BD) and wi
th the actual DVD standard (and maybe because they aren't ready to use AVC yet).
At least I think so (or we'll use MPEG-2 for the next twenty years???).

[Sergey A. Sablin]

well moonlight is trying to sell their stuff, maybe someone will pick it up and continue developing it (their decoder is definitely very good)

well again, i till now didnt see any proove that sony uses elecard/mainconcept. yes they seem to use "mch264dec.dll 1.1.27.0 H.264 Video Decoder Wrapper Copyright© MainConcept" and "h264vout.dll 1.1.24.0 H264 Video Wrapper Copyright© MainConcept"

now this still doesnt proove they also use the elecard encoder/decoder
Ok, lets stop the rumors - _currently_ Sony uses their own AVC encoder. The binaries in Sony Vegas you are refering to is very old Mainconcept AVC encoder/decoder (before joining of Mainconcept with Elecard) that was released 8-10 month ago. Those binaries aren't used inside Sony Vegas.

[DmitriyV2]

Thanks for info! I'l update list soon with removing of products to separate post (this will save place for info about codecs).

[CruNcher]

http://www.tandbergtv.com/productview.asp?n=68 <- missing
http://focus.ti.com/dsp/docs/dspplatformscontentnp.tsp?sectionId=2&familyId=749&tabId=1398 <- missing
http://www.broadcom.com/products/Cable/HDTV-SDTV-Video,-Graphics-%26-Receiver-Chips/BCM7411D <- missing

[DmitriyV2]

http://www.tandbergtv.com/productview.asp?n=68 <- missing
http://focus.ti.com/dsp/docs/dspplatformscontentnp.tsp?sectionId=2&familyId=749&tabId=1398 <- missing
http://www.broadcom.com/products/Cable/HDTV-SDTV-Video,-Graphics-%26-Receiver-Chips/BCM7411D <- missing
1) Was only http://www.tandbergtv.com/productview.asp?n=65 Replaced to product page.
2) Thanks! Added!
3) Was BCM7411, Ok! replaced to BCM7411D :)

+ SPIRIT H.264

64 list items now!

Enjoy! :)

[BetaBoy]

DmitriyV2... can you add:

CoreAVC H.264 Video Codec (CoreCodec, Inc.)
DirectX filter
http://www.coreavc.com/

[DmitriyV2]

DmitriyV2... can you add:
CoreAVC H.264 Video Codec (CoreCodec, Inc.)
DirectX filter
http://www.coreavc.com/
Added!

Added also on http://www.compression-links.info/Link/2659_CoreAVC_H_264_Video_Codec_.htm
Description update welcome! (Only with confirmed info, please).

65 list items now! Enjoy! :)

[BetaBoy]

Added!

Added also on http://www.compression-links.info/Link/2659_CoreAVC_H_264_Video_Codec_.htm
Description update welcome! (Only with confirmed info, please).

65 list items now! Enjoy! :)

Thx... i'll let you know when our Demo version is available next month.

[wiak]

site for Minimal H.264 decoder is down :(
did someone catch the sourcecode? :)

[DmitriyV2]

Fixes:

Fix Ateme link
Fix Elecard link
Fix Moonlight link (site and company closed)
Fix MainConcept link
Fix Popwire description
Fix Pegasus Information Technology Inc. (looks like company closed)
Fix ATI link
Fix Mpegable AVC
Fix Media Excel,
Fix KDDI R&D Labs.
Fix UBLive (was acquired by Scientific Atlanta - now part of Cisco)
Fix Sonic Solutions link & description
Fix Hughes Network Systems link
Fix NEX VISION link
Imagicity now called Video Laboratories Ltd
Fix CoreCodec
Minimal H.264 decoder - link dead
Fix Sony PSP link
Fix Tandberg Telecom link
Fix Envivio 4Caster link
SkyStream Networks Inc. now part of Tanberg Television
Fix Broadcom link
Fix Scientific Atlanta - now part of Cisco
Fix Equator Technologies - now part of PixelWorks
Fix Conexant Systems link
Fix Sigma Designs link
Fix STMicroelectronics link
+ ASTRI


Any additional information or corrections are welcome!

Enjoj! :)

[DmitriyV2]

+ CEVA, Inc.

Enjoy! :)

[Sergey A. Sablin]

Fix MainConcept link (site and company closed)

What doesn mean company closed? Seems like you want to place this in front of Moonlight, isn't it?
And please remove the comment - MainConcept uses latest MainConcept's encoder, not "Elecard Encoder H.264 from March 2005". Thanks.

[bond]

And please remove the comment - MainConcept uses latest MainConcept's encoder, not "Elecard Encoder H.264 from March 2005". Thanks.well mainconcept uses the encoder developed by elecard, no?

[DmitriyV2]

What doesn mean company closed? Seems like you want to place this in front of Moonlight, isn't it?
And please remove the comment - MainConcept uses latest MainConcept's encoder, not "Elecard Encoder H.264 from March 2005". Thanks.

Sorry! Bug in "List of fixes". MainConcept & Moonlight was swapped. Main list was correct.

Fixed!

[CruNcher]

http://www.micronas.com/pressroom/press_releases/articles/0616/index.html?newslang=1

http://www.micronas.com/products/application/MicRacer/index.html

[DmitriyV2]

Yes, Wagner Volker from Micronas GmbH already sent me info. It will be reflected in next update (hope this week). Thanks anyway!

[CruNcher]

http://www.ambarella.com/news/press_releases/pr_12052005.htm

[shon3i]

Skal's AVC / H264 codec (sklmp4) (Pascal Massimino)
No download. Announce of 264 development.
http://skal.planet-d.net/coding/mpeg4codec.html

This is probably XviD AVC

[CruNcher]

shon3i hehe sure his work is going into XviD AVC we know that but his website isn't anymore existing so we have to wait for the official XviD one :P

[DmitriyV2]

Info for soon update:


MiraVid Inc. H.264 decoder (MiraVid Inc.)
Decodec only, demo only available to OEM companies
http://www.miravid.com/product_avcDec.html
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bSoft ltd MPEG-X/H.26X Encoder and Decoder (bSoft ltd.)
Demo on request.
http://www.bsoft.info/products/video.html
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Any more comments-updates-fixes?

[DmitriyV2]

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[DmitriyV2]

Updates:

bSoft H.264 Encoder and Decoder added
MiraVid Inc. H.264 decoder added
VSS H.264 Video Codec link fixed
Popwire Compression Master 3 - demo codec removed from site
Moonlight - removed (company closed)
SVM H.264 - removed (looks like company closed)
ATI Avivo H.264 (ATI Technologies Inc. - now part of Advanced Micro Devices Inc.), link fixed
Softstream H.264 - link fix
Sorenson AVC Pro - link fix
Roxio Popcorn with AVC - link fix
Minimal H.264 decoder -removed (link 404)
SkyStream - removed (SkyStream Networks now a part of Tandberg Television)
TI TMS320DM64x DSP - link fixed
LSI H.264 VLE4000 - link fixed
Equator BSP 15 - link removed (Equator Technologies, Inc. now part of Pixelworks, no info on site)
BT Exact H.264 Suite - removed. Link dead, and no info about 264 on the site now.
PacketVideo H.264 - link fixed
Micronas DeCypher 8100 - Added


ENJOY! :)

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Out-dated information:


Moonlight H.264 Video Codec (Moonlight Cordless LTD.)
Company closed (encoder was transferred to ...), DirectX filter.
http://web.archive.org/web/20050316061007/http://www.moonlight.co.il/products/consumer/oneclickavc/
This codec was developed with Elecard team.
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SVM H.264 (Pegasus Information Technology Inc.)
Looks like company closed.
Old URLs:
http://www.h-264.com/downloads.htm
http://forum.doom9.org/archive/index.php/t-77044.html
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Minimal H.264 decoder (by Martin Fiedler)
OPEN SOURCE. Basic decoder.
Link dead. Please replay us new link if you have this sources.
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SkyStream Mediaplex & iPlex
Hardware box encoder.
SkyStream Networks now part of Tandberg Television
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Equator BSP 15 (System-on-chip) (Equator Technologies, Inc. now part of Pixelworks, no info on site)
Chips. No exact codec info.
Old link:
http://www.equator.com/solutions/digitalmedia.html
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BT Exact H.264 Suite (BT Group)
temporarily not available and NO any information about AVC or 264 on site now.
Old link:
http://www.btexact.com/technologies/ipprofiles?doc=42895
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It's interesting to test following codecs (due to leadership clames on site):

LEAD H.264 Video codec
PowerEncoder MPEG-4 AVC

[DmitriyV2]

* Small fixes
* + LSI Domino[X]

Enjoy! :)

[vsv]

CINEMA CRAFT® HD encoder
http://www.omnidvdmedia.com/products_cinemacrafthde.shtml

[SaadShams]

:goodpost: surely helpful list ..u must have spent alot of time for this contribution..gr8 work

regards
Saad
__________________________
GetOneByOne (http://getonebyone.googlepages.com)Free CS Books/Papers

[DmitriyV2]

surely helpful list ..u must have spent alot of time for this contribution..gr8 work
Thank you!

2vsv: Thanks, will add in with next update!

[DmitriyV2]

Info for soon update:


CINEMA CRAFT HD encoder (Omni Communications.)
Demo on request.
http://www.omnidvdmedia.com/products_cinemacrafthde.shtml
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Allegro H.264 encoder and ranscoder (Allegro, France)
Chip& IP cores for mobile TV and IPTV
http://www.allegrodvt.com/encoding.html
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Mobilygen's H.264 Chipset (Mobilygen Corp.)
Baseline encoder and decoder chip
http://mobilygen.com/products.htm
---

4i2i's H.264 encoder and decoder IP cores (4i2i Communications Ltd.)
H.264 BP encoder, MP&HP decoder
http://www.4i2i.com/h264highbroadcastipcore.htm
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Any more comments-updates-fixes?

[DmitriyV2]

Info for next update:

New link for:
http://www.iis.fraunhofer.de/fhg/iis/EN/bf/amm/projects/video/index.jsp

Out-dated information:



AVC Alliance free demo player (AVC Alliance, written by Philips Electronics)
Poor but free.
http://www.avc-alliance.nl/main/downloads.htm
Link dead. Please replay us new link if you have any information.

Popwire Compression Master 3 with H.264 support (Popwire/Teleca AB)
Demo soft for MAC was on this link before (encoding is limited to 20 seconds, 30 days).
http://www.popwire.com/product_info.php?cPath=1&products_id=2
Looks like product was deleted. On 1-st page "Telestream (formerly Popwire)"

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[DmitriyV2]

Info for next update:

Update:



Softstream H.264/MPEG-4 (Media Excel Inc.)
Software codec info deleted, company shifted to HW market.

MPEG-2/HDV/H.264 software (KDDI R&D Labs. Inc.)
SDK become available for purchase.

Skal's AVC / H264 codec (sklmp4) (Pascal Massimino)
Host not found

Hughes Network Systems H.264
Shifted to HW list.

SPIRIT H.264 Video Codec
New URL.
http://www.spiritdsp.com/products/components/video_codecs/h264/

MainConcept H.264 SDK (MainConcept AG)
New URL.
http://www.mainconcept.com/site/?id=4786

VSS H.264 SDK
SDK removed from site.

VSS H.264 Video Codec
Codec removed from site.

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[DmitriyV2]

Main list was updated.

Enjoy! :)

[hartford]

Minimal H.264 decoder (by Martin Fiedler)

I believe that his source is here: http://keyj.s2000.ws/?page_id=41

[DmitriyV2]

Minimal H.264 decoder (by Martin Fiedler)
I believe that his source is here: http://keyj.s2000.ws/?page_id=41
Yes. Looks like sources was copied to this site. Thanks!

Added link:

Minimal H.264 decoder (by Martin Fiedler)
OPEN SOURCE. Basic decoder.
http://keyj.s2000.ws/?page_id=41
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[DmitriyV2]

Updates:
* Micronas - new URL
+ Telairity BE8000 1-RU HD H.264 Encoder (Telairity Inc)
Now only press-release with Envivio on site
http://www.telairity.com/solutions.html

Enjoy! :)

[DmitriyV2]

Info for next update:

Update:



BT H.264 suite (British Telecommunications plc.)
BP, MP & HP codec, PC, ARM. Available for evaluation on request.
http://www.btplc.com/Thegroup/Technologylicensing/Multimedia.htm
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H.264 Encoder for FFmpeg (Hasselt University)
OPEN SOURCE (LGPL) BP codec.
http://research.edm.uhasselt.be/h264/
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JM reference H.264 codec (supported by Joint Video Team ISO&ITU-T)
OPEN SOURCE. Can be used only for compatibility tests and research.
http://iphome.hhi.de/suehring/tml/ - URL updated
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Allegro H.264 encoder and transcoder (Allegro, France)
Broadcast enc/transcoders and IP cores for IPTV and Mobile TV
http://www.allegrodvt.com/encoding.html small updates
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LSI H.264 (LSI Logic Corp. former: VideoLocus)
New urls
Broadcast H.264 L4.1 and L4.2 encoders
http://www.lsi.com/files/docs/marketing_docs/insight_center/Domino%5B%20X%5DPro_Family_PB.pdf
http://www.lsi.com/files/docs/marketing_docs/insight_center/DX-1810_Encoder_PB.pdf
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Enjoy! :)