[Mp4-tech] List of MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 video codecs
Dmitriy Vatolin
dmitriy graphics.cs.msu.ru
Tue Aug 15 19:48:17 EDT 2006
Dear experts,
See below updated list of 65 companies and groups working on
H.264/AVC codecs (We collect fresh information before next annual AVC
codecs comparison.).
Updates (for 6 month):
1. Fix Ateme link
2. Fix Elecard link
3. Fix MainConcept link (site and company closed)
4. Fix Moonlight link
5. Fix Popwire description
6. Fix Pegasus Information Technology Inc. (looks like company closed)
7. Fix ATI link
8. Fix Mpegable AVC
9. Fix Media Excel,
10. Fix KDDI R&D Labs.
11. Fix UBLive (was acquired by Scientific Atlanta - now part of Cisco)
12. Fix Sonic Solutions link & description
13. Fix Hughes Network Systems link
14. Fix NEX VISION link
15. Imagicity now called Video Laboratories Ltd
16. Fix CoreCodec
17. Minimal H.264 decoder - link dead
18. Fix Sony PSP link
19. Fix Tandberg Telecom link
20. Fix Envivio 4Caster link
21. SkyStream Networks Inc. now part of Tanberg Television
22. Fix Broadcom link
23. Fix Scientific Atlanta - now part of Cisco
24. Fix Equator Technologies - now part of PixelWorks
25. Fix Conexant Systems link
26. Fix Sigma Designs link
27. Fix STMicroelectronics link
28. + ASTRI
29. + SPIRIT H.264
30 + CoreAVC H.264
Any additional information or corrections are welcome!
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LIST of MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 VIDEO CODECS
(Last updated 15 August 2023 - 64 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/BB_encoder_pc.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 Elecard Mobile Converter v 2.0 with AVC support (Elecard)
21-day free trial. Have H.264 SDK
http://elecard.com/products/products-pc/consumer/video-converter/
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4. Mainconcept H.264 (MainConcept AG)
Trial available on download page
http://www.mainconcept.com/site/index.php?id=799
Use Elecard Encoder H.264 from March 2005.
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5. Moonlight H.264 Video Codec (Moonlight Cordless LTD.)
Company closed (encoder was sold to ...), DirectX filter.
http://www.moonlight.co.il/products/consumer/oneclickavc/
This codec was developed with Elecard team.
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6. SONY Video Editor Vegas 6c with AVC support (Sony Corp.)
30-days evaluation.
http://www.sonymediasoftware.com/products/showproduct.asp?PID=965
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7. QuickTime 7 H.264 (Apple Computer, Inc.)
Integrated. We hope to test it in H.264 comparison-2006.
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?
They did not answer to test invitations!
http://www.leadcodecs.com/Codecs/LEAD-H264.htm
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10. Popwire Compression Master 3 with H.264 support (Popwire/Teleca AB)
Demo soft for MAC available (encoding is limited to 20 seconds, 30 days).
http://www.popwire.com/product_info.php?cPath=1&products_id=2
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11. SVM H.264 (Pegasus Information Technology Inc.)
Looks like company closed.
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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 6.0 version
http://www.intel.com/cd/software/products/asmo-na/eng/perflib/ipp/index.htm
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14. PowerEncoder MPEG-4 AVC (CyberLink Corp.)
Available in online shop.
Who test it? They did not replay to invitations to test.
http://www.cyberlink.com/multi/products/main_43_ENU.html
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15. ATI Avivo H.264 (ATI Technologies Inc.)
No download. Software only +HW support. VERY fast codec by our tests.
http://www.ati.com/technology/avivo/h264.html
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16. Mpegable AVC Codec (dicas digital image coding GmbH)
No download, Encoder/decoder is a part of 'mpegable DS'
http://www.mpegable.com/mpegableDSsuite
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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)
SD H.264 MP Level 3. Evaluation copy on request
http://www.mediaexcel.com/ss_ipstb_3000.php
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19. MPEG-2/HDV/H.264 software (KDDI R&D Labs. Inc.)
No download. H.264 HP support
http://avs.kddilabs.jp/en/mpeg/mpfs/41/index.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. Scientific Atlanta - UBLive-264-C64 (Scientific Atlanta (was UB Video Incorporated))
Demo available on request.
http://www.scientificatlanta.com/products/customers/UBvideo.htm
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22. Sorenson Squeeze 4 Compression Suite (Sorenson)
No download. Converter.
http://www.sorensonmedia.com/solutions/prod/mpg4_win.php
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23. Roxio Popcorn with AVC encoder (Sonic Solutions)
No trial. Online shop (50$).
http://www.sonic.com/products/Consumer/Popcorn/features.aspx
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24. Skal's AVC / H264 codec (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/html/products.htm
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26. Hughes Network Systems H.264 (Hughes Network Systems, LLC)
No download. Win&Linux codec for HW. Now only press-release with Envivio on site
http://www.envivio.com/news/press_release.php?id=53
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27. Video Labs H.264/AVC (Video Laboratories Ltd was Imagicity, UK)
No download. Speed optimization claimed.
http://www.vid-labs.com/products/products.htm
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28. SPIRIT H.264 Video Codec (SPIRIT)
No download. x86 & ARM9E platforms
http://www.spiritdsp.com/h264.html
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29. CoreAVC H.264 Video Codec (CoreCodec, Inc.)
HP H.264. DirectX filter. 10$ & 20$ versions download available
http://www.coreavc.com/
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OPEN SOURCE:
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30. x264 (free, supported by VideoLAN)
OPEN SOURCE. Good publically available HP encoder.
Developers declare "early development stage", but
encode results are one of the best.
http://developers.videolan.org/x264.html
http://x264.nl/ (unofficial)
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31. 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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32. libavcodec H.264 Decoder (Project FFMPEG)
OPEN SOURCE. Permanently updated decoder.
http://ffmpeg.mplayerhq.hu/
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33. Hdot264 Pre-Alpha (Project Hdot264)
OPEN SOURCE.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/hdot264/
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34. t264 (Project t264)
OPEN SOURCE.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/t264
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35. Minimal H.264 decoder (by Martin Fiedler)
OPEN SOURCE. Basic decoder.
Link dead. Please replay new if you have this sources.
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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/Multimedia/Multimedia-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
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HARDWARE IMPLEMENTED:
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36. Sony PlayStation Portable (Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.)
Product: Support H.264/MPEG-4 AVC Main Profile Level3 decoding.
http://www.us.playstation.com/PSP/System
See also Image Converter 2 Plus with AVC support:
http://www.sonystyle.com/prodcompass?ProductSKU=MSSWIC2
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37. 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_services/1,1443,pw-35-6197,00.html
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38. Tandberg EN5930 SD/EN5990 HD Encoders (Tandberg Television)
Product: Television SD & HD encoders.
http://www.tandbergtv.com/products/products.asp?range=3
SkyStream Mediaplex & iPlex (SkyStream Networks now part of Tandberg Television)
(Hardware box encoder).
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39. Tandberg Telecom - video communication (Tandberg Telecom)
Product for videoconferencing, supports H.264 baseline profile.
http://www.tandberg.net/our_story/h264.jsp
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40. 4Caster MPEG-4 / H.264 Encoder (Envivio, Inc.)
Product: Hardware box encoder
http://www.envivio.com/solutions/iptv_broadband_television.php
http://www.envivio.com/products/bshdenc_4coder_8500_software.php (software, no download)
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41. Tut Systems MPEG-4 AVC (Tut Systems, Inc.)
Product: Hardware transcoder box.
http://www.tutsys.com/digitalheadend/products/astriacp/mpeg4avc/
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42. Hardware MGW 5100 (Optibase, Inc.)
Product: Hardware box encoder
http://www.optibase.com/Content.aspx?id=38
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43. Harmonic DiviComR MV 100 Encoder (Harmonic Inc. )
Product: Hardware box encoder
http://www.harmonicinc.com/view_csd_product_group.cfm?classID=1010
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44. 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/products/det/1_Encoders/46_E42_-_H264_DVB_over_IP_Broadcast_Encoder.htm
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45. 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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46. 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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47. Thales ARGOS MPEG-4 Encoder (Thales Broadcast & Multimedia, Inc.)
Product: Hardware box. Plan AVC from July 05.
http://www-db.thomcastcom.ext.coltfrance.com/db/thomcast/webdriver?MIval=V_Prod_Detail_b.html&F_ID=4&D_ID=1&P_ID=221
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48. TI TMS320DM64x DSP ( Texas Instruments Incorporated)
Chip: SD BP encoder+decoder, MP decoder
http://focus.ti.com/dsp/docs/dspplatformscontentnp.tsp?sectionId=2&familyId=749&tabId=1398
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49. ViBE MPEG-4 AVC (Thomson)
Chip: modular hardware series of encoders
http://www.thomsongrassvalley.com/products/transmission/vibe/encoder_mpeg4/
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50. Broadcom chips (Broadcom Corp. former Sandvideo)
Chip with H.264 HD / decoding only
http://websearch.broadcom.com/query.html?qt=AVC
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51. Sentivision H.264/AVC Decoders (Sentivision, Japan)
Chip/products with H.264 HD / decoding only / only for TI DSP's
http://www.sentivision.com/
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52. SD MPEG-2/AVC encoder (Scientific Atlanta now part of Cisco)
Product: Transmission system (for satellite TV)
http://www.saeurope.com/products/customerhome.htm
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53. H.264 VLE4000 (LSI Logic Corp. former: VideoLocus)
Chips with 264 support
http://www.lsilogic.com/products/video_broadcasting/vle4000.html
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54. 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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55. BSP 15 (System-on-chip) (Equator Technologies, Inc.)
Chips. No exact codec info.
http://www.equator.com/solutions/digitalmedia.html
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56. BT Exact H.264 Suite (BT Exact)
temporarily not available
http://www.btexact.com/technologies/ipprofiles?doc=42895
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57. 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/download/video_download.htm
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58. VP3-PMC / Hardware TwinPEG Pro (Vitec Multimedia)
Chips. TMS320DM642TMDSP & etc
http://www.vitecmm.com/product.php?id=41
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59. 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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60. 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=109
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61. Sigma Designs HD decoder (Sigma Designs, Inc.)
HW HD Decoder based on SMP8630 family
http://www.sigmadesigns.com/public/Products/SMP8630/SMP8630_series.html
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62. 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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63. STMicroelectronics H.264 (STMicroelectronics)
HW HD High Profile decoder
http://www.st.com/stonline/stappl/press/news/year2006/t2052.htm
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64. PacketVideo H.264 (PacketVideo Corp.)
HW Base Profile encoder/decoder on ARM/OMAP/DM642
http://www.packetvideo.com/solutions/
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65. H.264 Engine for Mobile Devices (ASTRI - Applied Science
and Technology Research Institute Company Limited)
http://www.astri.org/en/ic_mtm01_apv.php
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If you know any more information about H.264 codecs, please add
information to Compression-links.info H.264 page.
http://www.compression-links.info/MPEG-4_AVC_H264
Yours,
Dr. Vatolin
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