[Mp4-tech] List of MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 video codecs
Dmitriy Vatolin
dmitriy graphics.cs.msu.ru
Thu Jun 21 17:53:16 EDT 2007
Dear experts,
We collect fresh information before next (4-th) annual AVC codecs
comparison. "Call for codecs" will be soon. See below updated list of
68 companies and groups working on H.264/AVC codecs.
Updates (for last 6 month):
1. Added "CINEMA CRAFT HD encoder"
2. Added "Allegro H.264 encoder and ranscoder"
3. Added "Mobilygen's H.264 Chipset"
4. Added "4i2i's H.264 encoder and decoder IP cores"
5. Added "Telairity BE8000 1-RU HD H.264 Encoder"
6. Updated Media Excel: Software codec deleted, company shifted to HW market.
7. Updated KDDI R&D Labs. Inc.:SDK become available for purchase.
8. Updated "Hughes Network Systems H.264" Shifted to HW list.
9. Updated "SPIRIT H.264 Video Codec" New URL.
10. Updated "MainConcept H.264 SDK" New URL.
11. Updated "Minimal H.264 decoder" Official site closed, but codec
available in blog
12. Updated Micronas New URL
13. Removed "AVC Alliance free demo player" (Link dead)
14. Removed "Popwire Compression Master 3 with H.264 support"
(Looks like product was deleted.)
15. Removed "Skal's AVC / H264 codec" Host not found
16. Removed "VSS H.264 SDK" SDK removed from site.
17. Removed "VSS H.264 Video Codec" There is no H.264 page on site now
(hope they will restore it)
Resume:
* Looks like during the last year number of H.264 companies become stable
(in the update half year ago and now number of removed links and
added links become similar)
* Sites with "press release only" will be deleted soon. Press release
about H.264 product was interesting 1.5 year ago, but not now. :)
Any additional information or corrections are welcome!
And I remind that "Call for codecs" for next 4-th Annual H.264 codecs
comparison coming soon!
Previous 3-rd comparison is available for download from this page:
http://www.compression.ru/video/codec_comparison/mpeg-4_avc_h264_2006_en.html
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LIST of MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 VIDEO CODECS
(Last updated 21 June 2023 - 68 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. 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-pc/consumer/video-converter/
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3. Mainconcept H.264 (MainConcept AG)
Trial available on download page. Participant of our codecs tests.
http://www.mainconcept.com/site/?id=4786
Use Elecard Encoder H.264 from March 2005.
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4. QuickTime 7 H.264 (Apple Computer, Inc.)
Integrated. Participant of our test-2006.
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/technologies/h264/
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5. Intel IPP H.264 codec (Intel Corporation)
Higher quality codecs are promised in v6.0. Participant of our test-2006.
http://www.intel.com/cd/software/products/asmo-na/eng/perflib/ipp/index.htm
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6. VSS H.264 Video Codec (Vanguard Software Solutions, Inc.)
No download now. Participant of our codecs tests.
http://www.vsofts.com/h264/
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7. 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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8. 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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9. FastVDO H.264 (FastVDO LLC)
Demo has decode time limit of 5 min.
http://www.fastvdo.com/H.264.html
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10. 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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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/products/main_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. 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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16. 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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17. 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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18. Fraunhofer IIS H.264 Codec (Fraunhofer IIS)
No download. Participant of our tests.
http://www.iis.fraunhofer.de/fhg/iis/EN/bf/amm/projects/video/index.jsp
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19. 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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20. Roxio Popcorn with AVC encoder (Sonic Solutions)
No trial. Online shop (50$).
http://www.roxio.com/enu/products/popcorn/standard/features.html
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21. NEX VISION H.264 (NEX VISION)
No download.
http://www.nexvision.fr/html/products.htm
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22. 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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23. SPIRIT H.264 Video Codec (SPIRIT)
No download. x86 & ARM9E platforms
http://www.spiritdsp.com/products/components/video_codecs/h264/
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24. 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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25. CINEMA CRAFT HD encoder (Omni Communications.)
Demo on request.
http://www.omnidvdmedia.com/products_cinemacrafthde.shtml
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OPEN SOURCE:
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26. 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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27. 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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28. libavcodec H.264 Decoder (Project FFMPEG)
OPEN SOURCE. Permanently updated decoder.
http://ffmpeg.mplayerhq.hu/
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29. Minimal H.264 decoder (by Martin Fiedler)
OPEN SOURCE. Basic decoder.
http://keyj.s2000.ws/?page_id=41
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30. Hdot264 Pre-Alpha (Project Hdot264)
OPEN SOURCE. Non active.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/hdot264/
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31. t264 (Project t264)
OPEN SOURCE. Non active.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/t264
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See also Software Developments Kits for software codec usage:
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1. Elecard AVC&MPEG2 Encoder SDK (Elecard)
H.264 Video Encoder and Decoders within the DirectShow SDK.
http://www.elecard.com/products/encoder_sdk.shtml
2. MainConcept H.264 SDK (MainConcept AG)
Windows, Apple, Linux and TI DSP supported.
http://www.mainconcept.com/site/?id=4786
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
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HARDWARE IMPLEMENTED:
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32. 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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33. 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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34. 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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35. 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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36. 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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37. Tut Systems MPEG-4 AVC (Tut Systems, Inc.)
Product: Hardware transcoder box.
http://www.tutsys.com/digitalheadend/products/astriacp/mpeg4avc/
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38. Hardware MGW 5100 (Optibase, Inc.)
Product: Hardware box encoder
http://www.optibase.com/Content.aspx?id=38
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39. Harmonic DiviComR MV 100 Encoder (Harmonic Inc. )
Product: Several hardware SD and HD Broadcast AVC encoders
http://www.harmonicinc.com/view_csd_product_group.cfm?classID=1010
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40. 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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41. 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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42. 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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43. 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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44. TI TMS320DM64x DSP ( Texas Instruments Incorporated)
Chip: SD BP encoder+decoder, MP decoder
http://focus.ti.com/dsp/docs/dspsplash.tsp?contentId=1573
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45. ViBE MPEG-4 AVC (Thomson)
Chip: modular hardware series of encoders
http://www.thomsongrassvalley.com/products/transmission/vibe/encoder_mpeg4/
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46. 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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47. 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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48. 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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49. LSI H.264 VLE4000 (LSI Logic Corp. former: VideoLocus)
Chips with 264 support
http://www.lsi.com/consumer_home/products_home/standard_product_ics/video_broadcasting_solutions/h264_encoder/index.html
Domino[X] transcoding technology:
http://www.lsi.com/insight_center/tech_trends/advanced_architectures/dominox_media/index.html
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50. 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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51. 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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52. 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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53. VP3-PMC / Hardware TwinPEG Pro (Vitec Multimedia)
Chips. TMS320DM642TMDSP & etc
http://www.vitecmm.com/product.php?id=41
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54. 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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55. 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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56. 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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57. 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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58. STMicroelectronics H.264 (STMicroelectronics)
HW HD High Profile decoder
http://www.st.com/stonline/stappl/press/news/year2006/t2052.htm
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59. 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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60. Softstream H.264/MPEG-4 (Media Excel Inc.)
SD H.264 MP Level 3 HW
http://www.mediaexcel.com/ss_hera_3000.php
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61. 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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62. CEVA Mobile-Media2000 (CEVA, Inc.)
Chip,Base Profile encoder/decoder
http://www.ceva-dsp.com/products/platforms/mobile-media.php
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63. Micronas DeCypher 8100 (Micronas)
Chip,decoder with support for H.264/AVC
http://www.micronasusa.com/products/by_function/decypher_dhm8100a/applications/index.html
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64. 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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65. Mobilygen's H.264 Chipset (Mobilygen Corp.)
Baseline encoder and decoder chip
http://mobilygen.com/products.htm
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66. 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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67. Hughes Network Systems H.264 (Hughes Network Systems, LLC)
Now only press-release with Envivio on site
http://www.envivio.com/news/press_release.php?id=53
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68. Telairity BE8000 1-RU HD H.264 Encoder (Telairity Inc)
Now only few words on site
http://www.telairity.com/solutions.html
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Sincerely yours,
Dr. Vatolin
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