[Mp4-tech] List of MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 video codecs

Dmitriy Vatolin dmitriy graphics.cs.msu.ru
Thu Dec 21 15:27:50 ESTEDT 2006


Dear experts,
   See below updated list of 65 companies and groups working on
   H.264/AVC codecs (We collect fresh information before annual AVC
   codecs comparisons. Next comparison will coming during this week.).
   List of updates (for 4 months):
   1. bSoft H.264 Encoder and Decoder added
   2. MiraVid Inc. H.264 decoder added
   3. VSS H.264 Video Codec link fixed
   4. Micronas DeCypher 8100 - added
   5. Moonlight - removed (company closed)
   6. SVM H.264 - removed (looks like company closed)
   7. ATI Avivo H.264 (ATI Technologies Inc. - now part of Advanced Micro Devices Inc.), link fixed
   8. Softstream H.264 - link fix
   9. Sorenson AVC Pro - link fix
  10. Roxio Popcorn with AVC - link fix
  11. Minimal H.264 decoder -removed (link 404)
  12. SkyStream - removed (SkyStream Networks now a part of Tandberg Television)
  13. TI TMS320DM64x DSP - link fixed
  14. LSI H.264 VLE4000 - link fixed
  15. Equator BSP 15 - link removed (Equator Technologies, Inc. now part of Pixelworks, no info on site)
  16. BT Exact H.264 Suite - removed. Link dead, and no info about 264 on the site now.
  17. PacketVideo H.264 - link fixed
  18. Popwire Compression Master 3 - demo codec removed from site
  Any additional information or corrections are welcome!
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LIST of MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 VIDEO CODECS
(Last updated 21 December 2023 - 65 items now!)
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SOFTWARE CODECS:
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1.  Ateme H.264/MPEG-4 AVC Codec (Ateme)
    Participant of our codecs tests
    No download on the 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. Participant of our codecs tests.
    http://www.vsofts.com/h264/
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3.  Elecard Elecard Mobile Converter v 2.0 with AVC support (Elecard)
    21-day free trial. Have H.264 SDK. Participant of our codecs test.
    http://elecard.com/products/products...deo-converter/
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4.  Mainconcept H.264 (MainConcept AG)
    Trial available on download page. Participant of our codecs tests.
    http://www.mainconcept.com/site/index.php?id=799
    Use Elecard Encoder H.264 from March 2005.
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5.  SONY Video Editor Vegas 6c with AVC support (Sony Corp.)
    30-days evaluation.
    http://www.sonymediasoftware.com/pro...ct.asp?PID=965
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6.  QuickTime 7 H.264 (Apple Computer, Inc.)
    Integrated. Participant of H.264 comparison-2006.
    http://www.apple.com/quicktime/technologies/h264/
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7.  FastVDO H.264 (FastVDO LLC)
    Demo has decode time limit of 5 min.
    http://www.fastvdo.com/H.264.html
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8.  LEAD H.264 Video codec (LEAD Technologies)
    Only demo, but you can buy codec online (100$). Who test it? They did not answer to our testing invitations!
    http://www.leadcodecs.com/Codecs/LEAD-H264.htm
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9.  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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10. Intel IPP H.264 codec (Intel Corporation)
    Higher quality codecs are promised in 6.0 version. Participant of our test.
    http://www.intel.com/cd/software/pro.../ipp/index.htm
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11. 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/produ...in_43_ENU.html
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12. AMD ATI Avivo H.264 (ATI Technologies Inc. - now part of Advanced Micro Devices Inc.)
    No download. Software only +HW support. VERY fast codec by our tests.
    Nero 7 Ultra Edition begun to use ATI HW support.
    http://ati.amd.com/technology/avivo/h264.html
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13. 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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14. Expert H.264 (PixelTools Corporation)
    Download on request
    http://www.pixeltools.com/experth264.html
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15. 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....&products_id=2
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16. Softstream H.264/MPEG-4 (Media Excel Inc.)
    SD H.264 MP Level 3. Evaluation copy on request
    http://www.mediaexcel.com/ss_hera_3000.php
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17. 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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18. MiraVid Inc. H.264 decoder (MiraVid Inc.)
    Decodec only, demo only available for OEM companies
    http://www.miravid.com/product_avcDec.html
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19. bSoft ltd MPEG-X/H.26X Encoder and Decoder (bSoft ltd.)
    Demo available on request.
    http://www.bsoft.info/products/video.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/pro...rs/UBvideo.htm
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22. Sorenson AVC Pro (part of Sorenson Squeeze 4) (Sorenson Media, Inc.)
    No download. Converter. Participant of our codecs test.
    http://www.sorensonmedia.com/pages/?pageID=2
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23. Roxio Popcorn with AVC encoder (Sonic Solutions)
    No trial. Online shop (50$).
    http://www.roxio.com/enu/products/po.../features.html
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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 HP encoder (free, supported by VideoLAN)
    OPEN SOURCE. We recommend this 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 comatibility tests and research.
    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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See also Software Developments Kits for software codec usage:
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a.  Elecard AVC&MPEG2 Encoder SDK (Elecard)
    H.264 Video Encoder and Decoders within the DirectShow SDK.
    http://www.elecard.com/products/encoder_sdk.shtml
b.  MainConcept H.264 SDK (MainConcept AG)
    Windows, Apple, Linux and TI DSP supported.
    http://developer.mainconcept.com/h264-sdk.html
c.  LEADTOOLS Multimedia Developer SDKs (LEAD Technologies, Inc)
    Support for many-many formats, including H.264 http://www.leadtools.com/SDK/Multime...Products-n.htm
d.  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
e.  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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35. 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
    Try also "Sony Image Converter 2 Plus" with AVC support.
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36. 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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37. Tandberg EN5930 SD/EN5990 HD Encoders (Tandberg Television)
    Product: Television SD & HD encoders.
    http://www.tandbergtv.com/products/products.asp?range=3
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38. 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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39. 4Caster MPEG-4 / H.264 Encoder (Envivio, Inc.)
    Product: Hardware box encoder
    http://www.envivio.com/solutions/ipt...television.php
    http://www.envivio.com/products/bshd...0_software.php (software, no download)
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40. Tut Systems MPEG-4 AVC (Tut Systems, Inc.)
    Product: Hardware transcoder box.
    http://www.tutsys.com/digitalheadend...iacp/mpeg4avc/
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41. Hardware MGW 5100 (Optibase, Inc.)
    Product: Hardware box encoder
    http://www.optibase.com/Content.aspx?id=38
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42. Harmonic DiviComR MV 100 Encoder (Harmonic Inc. )
    Product: Several hardware SD and HD Broadcast AVC encoders
    http://www.harmonicinc.com/view_csd_...m?classID=1010
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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. TI TMS320DM64x DSP ( Texas Instruments Incorporated)
    Chip: SD BP encoder+decoder, MP decoder
    http://focus.ti.com/dsp/docs/dspspla...contentId=1573
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48. ViBE MPEG-4 AVC (Thomson)
    Chip: modular hardware series of encoders
    http://www.thomsongrassvalley.com/pr...encoder_mpeg4/
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49. 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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50. 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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51. 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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52. LSI H.264 VLE4000 (LSI Logic Corp. former: VideoLocus)
    Chips with 264 support
    http://www.lsi.com/consumer_home/pro...der/index.html
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53. 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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54. BSP 15 (System-on-chip) (Pixelworks Inc - was Equator Technologies, Inc.)
    Chips. No info about Equator H.264 on site now.
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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=109
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59. Sigma Designs HD decoder (Sigma Designs, Inc.)
    HW HD Decoder based on SMP8630 family
    http://www.sigmadesigns.com/public/P...30_series.html
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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/stappl/pr...2006/t2052.htm
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62. PacketVideo H.264 (PacketVideo Corp.)
    HW Base Profile encoder/decoder on ARM/OMAP/DM642
    http://www.packetvideo.com/page.asp?prmid=16
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63. 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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64. CEVA Mobile-Media2000 (CEVA, Inc.)
    Chip,Base Profile encoder/decoder
    http://www.ceva-dsp.com/products/pla...bile-media.php
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65. Micronas DeCypher 8100 (Micronas)
    Chip,decoder with support for H.264/AVC
    http://www.micronas.com/products/by_...ion/index.html
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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
  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  Please note! This is activity of CS MSU Graphics&Media Lab Video Group
  http://www.compression.ru/video/ and this work has no direct relation
  to JVT.
  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Best regards,
 Dr. Vatolin
  Head of Video Group
   mailto:dmitriy graphics.cs.msu.ru


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