[转载] MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 video codecs list (from doom9)

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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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1. Ateme H.264/MPEG-4 AVC Codec (Ateme)
   No download on original site:
   http://www.ateme.com/products/h264.php
   See 30 day trial of Nero Digital (with Nero Recode) available from:
   http://www.nerodigital.com/eng/index.html
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2. VSS H.264 Video Codec (Vanguard Software Solutions, Inc.)
   Trial available, VfW.
   http://www.vsofts.com/h264/codecs.html
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3. Elecard OneClick Compressor & Elecard AVC/H.264 Decoder Package (Elecard)
   21-day free trial. Have H.264 SDK
   http://www.elecard.com/products/oneclick.shtml
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4. Mainconcept H.264 (MainConcept AG)
   Trial available on download page
   http://www.mainconcept.com/h264_encoder.shtml
   Use Elecard Encoder H.264 from March 2005.
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5. Moonlight H.264 Video Codec (Moonlight Cordless LTD.)
   21-day evaluation, DirectX filter.
   http://www.moonlight.co.il/products/...r/oneclickavc/
   This codec was developed with Elecard team.
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6. SONY Video Editor Vegas 6c with AVC support (Sony Corp.) NEW!!!
   30-days evaluation.
   http://www.sonymediasoftware.com/pro...ct.asp?PID=965
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7. QuickTime 7 H.264 (Apple Computer, Inc.)
   Integrated. Who test it? Any remarks welcome!
   http://www.apple.com/quicktime/technologies/h264/
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8. FastVDO H.264 (FastVDO LLC)
   Demo has decode time limit of 5 min.
   http://www.fastvdo.com/H.264.html
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9. LEAD H.264 Video codec (LEAD Technologies)
   Only demo, but you can buy codec online (100$). Who test it?
   http://www.leadcodecs.com/Codecs/LEAD-H264.htm
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10. 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).
    http://www.popwire.com/product_info....&products_id=2
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11. SVM H.264 Decoder Kit & MKi DVD Converter (Pegasus Information Technology Inc.)
    H.264 encoder and decoder with non standart format.
    http://www.h-264.com/downloads.htm
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12. AVC Alliance free demo player (AVC Alliance, written by Philips Electronics)
    Poor but free.
    http://www.avc-alliance.nl/main/downloads.htm
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13. 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)
    http://www.intel.com/cd/software/pro.../ipp/index.htm
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14. PowerEncoder MPEG-4 AVC (CyberLink Corp.) NEW!!!
    Available in online shop.
    http://www.cyberlink.com/multi/produ...in_43_ENU.html
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15. ATI H.264 (ATI Technologies Inc.)
    No download. Software only and +HW support. Very fast codec by our tests.
    http://www.ati.com/technology/h264.html
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16. Mpegable AVC Codec (dicas digital image coding GmbH)
    No download, VfW
    http://www.mpegable.com/show/mpegableavc.html
    Old version from free-codecs:
    http://www.codec-download.com/module...=getit&lid=436
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17. Expert H.264 (PixelTools Corporation)
    Download on request
    http://www.pixeltools.com/experth264.html
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18. Softstream H.264/MPEG-4 (Media Excel)
    Audio & Video encoders ane decoders. Evaluation copy on request
    http://www.mediaexcel.com/products.htm
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19. MPEG-2/HDV/H.264 software (KDDI R&D Labs. Inc.)
    No download. MPEG related products also with H.264 support
    http://avs.kddilabs.jp/mpeg/indexe.html
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20. Fraunhofer IIS H.264 Codec (Fraunhofer IIS)
    No download.
    http://www.iis.fraunhofer.de/amm/download/mpeg4/
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21. UBLive-264-C64 (UB Video Incorporated)
    Demo available on request.
    http://www.ubvideo.com/mainmenu.html
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22. Sorenson Squeeze 4 Compression Suite (Sorenson)
    No download. Converter.
    http://www.sorensonmedia.com/solutio...d/mpg4_win.php
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23. Sonic’s HD-Series AVC encoder (Sonic Solutions)
    No download. Only press release now.
    http://www.sonic.com/about/press/new.../hdseries.aspx
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24. Enchansed sklmp4 (Pascal Massimino)
    No download. Announce of 264 development.
    http://skal.planet-d.net/coding/mpeg4codec.html
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25. NEX VISION H.264 (NEX VISION)
    No download.
    http://www.nexvision.fr/
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26. Hughes Network Systems H.264 (Hughes Network Systems, LLC)
    No download. Own Win&Linux codec for internal usage
    http://www.hns.com/HNS/Doc/0/MGD6UC9...3-04_IPoS.html
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27. Imagicity H.264/AVC codec (Imagicity, UK) NEW!!!
    No download. Speed optimization claimed.
    http://www.imagicity.com/products/products.htm
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28. 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.
    http://www.videolan.org/x264.html
    http://x264.nl/
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29. 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.
    http://bs.hhi.de/~suehring/tml/
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30. libavcodec H.264 Decoder (Project FFMPEG)
    OPEN SOURCE. Permanently updated decoder.
    http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net/index.php
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31. Hdot264 Pre-Alpha (Project Hdot264)
    OPEN SOURCE.
    http://sourceforge.net/projects/hdot264/
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32. t264 (Project t264)
    OPEN SOURCE.
    http://sourceforge.net/projects/t264
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33. Minimal H.264 decoder (by Martin Fiedler)
    OPEN SOURCE. Basic decoder.
    http://www-user.tu-chemnitz.de/~mfie/stuff/SA/
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    See also Software Developments Kits for software codec usage:
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    1. Elecard AVC&MPEG2 Encoder SDK (Elecard)
       MPEG2 and H.264 Video Encoder and Decoders other components within the DirectShow® technology.
       http://www.elecard.com/products/encoder_sdk.shtml
       
    2. MainConcept H.264 SDK (MainConcept AG)
       Windows, Apple, Linux and TI DSP supported.
       http://developer.mainconcept.com/h264-sdk.html
       
    3. LEADTOOLS Multimedia Developer SDKs (LEAD Technologies, Inc)
       Support for many-many formats, including H.264 http://www.leadtools.com/SDK/Multime...Products-n.htm
       
    4. MPEG SDK "MP-Factory" (KDDI R&D Labs. Inc.)
       SDK with H.264, HDV, MPEG-1,-2, and -4 support
       http://avs.kddilabs.jp/mpeg/mpfs32/indexe.html
       
    5. VSS H.264 SDK (Vanguard Software Solutions, Inc.)
       Based on there codec. Windows and Linux support.
       http://www.vsofts.com/h264/sdk.html
       
    6. Pegasus H.264 SDK Development Kits (Pegasus)
       Looks like simple codec, but prefilters declared.
       http://www.h-264.com/Products.htm
    
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34. Sony PlayStation Portable (Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.)
    Product: Support H.264/MPEG-4 AVC Main Profile Level3 decoding.
    http://www.us.playstation.com/consoles.aspx?id=4
    See also Image Converter 2 Plus:
    http://www.jp.sonystyle.com/Nws/Soft...710489100.html
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35. VSX 300 Videoconferencing Terminal with H.264 support (Polycom Inc)
    Product: Biggest HW videoconferencing company, prepare many solutions with 264 support
    http://www.polycom.com/products_serv...5-6197,00.html
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36. Tandberg EN5930 (Tandberg Television)
    Product for videoconferencing. Who test it? I have bad review.
    http://www.tandbergtv.com/productview.asp?n=65
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37. Tandberg Telecom - video communication (Tandberg Telecom)
    Product for videoconferencing, supports H.264 baseline profile.
    http://www.tandberg.net/collateral/w...apers/H264.pdf
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38. 4Caster MPEG-4 / H.264 Encoder (Envivio, Inc.)
    Product: Hardware box encoder
    http://www.envivio.com/products/4caster.html
    http://www.envivio.com/products/4caster_se.html (software, no download)
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39. Tut Systems MPEG-4 AVC (Tut Systems, Inc.)
    Product: Hardware transcoder box.
    http://www.tutsys.com/pdflibrary/pdf...AVC_2_9_05.pdf
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40. Hardware MGW 5100 (Optibase, Inc.)
    Product: Hardware box encoder
    http://www.optibase.com/Content.aspx?id=38
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41. Harmonic DiviCom® MV 100 Encoder (Harmonic Inc. )
    Product: Hardware box encoder
    http://www.harmonicinc.com/view_csd_...m?classID=1010
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42. SkyStream Mediaplex & iPlex (SkyStream Networks , inc.)
    Product: Hardware box encoder. Platforms contain the AVC Encoder Submodule, press release only
    http://www.skystream.com/press/2005/041805-mpeg4.asp
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43. E42 - H264 DVB over IP Broadcast Encoder (StreamTel Corporation)
    Product: Hardware box encoder. Broadcast-Grade real time H264 DVB IP streaming encoder
    http://www.streamtel.com/streamtel/p...st_Encoder.htm
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44. Darim MV401EXP-H264 Encoder and MV410EXP Decoder (Darim Vision Co., Ltd.)
    Product: Hardware box Encoding/Streaming systems
    http://www.darimmedia.com/products/mv401exp-h264.php
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45. Mayah I [io] 8000 series (MAYAH Communications)
    Product: Hardware box. Plan AVC availability in Q3 '05.
    http://www.mayah.com/products/io-8000a.htm
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46. Thales ARGOS MPEG-4 Encoder (Thales Broadcast & Multimedia, Inc.)
    Product: Hardware box. Plan AVC from July 05.
    http://www-db.thomcastcom.ext.coltfr..._ID=1&P_ID=221
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47. ViBE MPEG-4 AVC (Thomson)
    Chip: modular hardware series of encoders
    http://www.thomsongrassvalley.com/pr...encoder_mpeg4/
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48. Broadcom chips (Broadcom Corp. former Sandvideo)
    Chip with H.264 HD / decoding only
    http://www.broadcom.com/products/Cab...-Chips/BCM7411
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49. Sentivision H.264/AVC Decoder (Sentivision, Japan)
    Chip with H.264 HD / decoding only / only for TI DSP's
    http://www.sentivision.com/products/h264/h264-en.html
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50. SA AVC Encoder (Scientific Atlanta)
    Product: Transmission system (for satellite TV)
    http://www.saeurope.com/products/customerhome.htm
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51. H.264 VLE4000 (LSI Logic Corp. former: VideoLocus)
    Chips with 264 support
    http://www.lsilogic.com/products/vid...g/vle4000.html
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52. Modulus Video SDTV, HDTV Encoder (Modulus Video, Inc.)
    Chips. Declarations only now. License H.264 from LSI Logic.
    http://modulusvideo.com/main.php?Page=12
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53. BSP 15 (System-on-chip) (Equator Technologies, Inc.)
    Chips. No exact codec info.
    http://www.equator.com/solutions/digitalmedia.html
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54. BT Exact H.264 Suite (BT Exact)
    temporarily not available
    http://www.btexact.com/technologies/...iles?doc=42895
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55. Surveillance Real Time H.264 Encoders (DSP Research, Inc.)
    Several chips implementation.
    http://www.dspr.com/www/products/overview_video.htm
    http://www.dspr.com/www/support/down...o_download.htm
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56. VP3-PMC / Hardware TwinPEG Pro (Vitec Multimedia)
    Chips. TMS320DM642TMDSP & etc
    http://www.vitecmm.com/product.php?id=41
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57. WWComs H.264 Codecs (W&W Communications Inc.)
    Several chips implementation (TI DM64x, C64xx, Freescale DSPs).
    http://www.wwcoms.com/products/h264_codec.htm
    http://www.wwcoms.com/products/codec/bc264.htm
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58. CX2418x H.264 Video Decoder IC (Conexant Systems, Inc.)
    HW Decoder with Main & High Profile (on CX24182)
    http://www.conexant.com/products/entry.jsp?id=920
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59. Sigma Designs HD decoder (Sigma Designs, Inc.)
    HW HD Decoder based on SMP8630 family
    http://www.sigmadesigns.com/products/SMP8630series.htm
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60. Cradle Technologies H.264 (Cradle Technologies, Inc.)
    HW Main profile Encoder based on CT3600 MDSP family
    http://www.cradle.com/products/asw_ct3600_h264.shtml
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61. STMicroelectronics H.264 (STMicroelectronics)
    HW HD High Profile decoder
    http://www.st.com/stonline/products/...e/bd/11102.htm
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62. PacketVideo H.264 (PacketVideo Corp.)
    HW Base Profile encoder/decoder on ARM/OMAP/DM642
    http://www.packetvideo.com/solutions/
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