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x264 is an open source H264/AVC based video encoder. The x264 CLI is a command line x264 encoder tool and is used in several converters like Handbrake, Xvid4PSP, StaxRip, RipBot264, FairUse Wizard, MEGUI.
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Latest version: r2200 (May 23, 2012) Download sites: Visit developer's site More download options: Download 64 bit version (direct link) Supported operating systems: Windows
More information and other downloads: Download Komisar's unoffical x264 VFW Codec here or another an unoffical x264 VFW Codec here, use x264 in for example Virtualdub or other that supports Video For Windows(VFW) Codecs. Both encoding and decoding. x264 Encoder GUIs/Frontends: Handbrake, Xvid4PSP, StaxRip, RipBot264, FairUse Wizard, MEGUI, AutoX264, HDConvertToX. Sections/Browse similar tools: Video Encoders (H264/MP4/MKV) |
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r2200 View full changelog Threaded lookahead Split each lookahead frame analysis call into multiple threads. Has a small impact on quality, but does not seem to be consistently any worse. This helps alleviate bottlenecks with many cores and frame threads. In many case, this massively increases performance on many-core systems. For example, over 100% faster 1080p encoding with --preset veryfast on a 12-core i7 system. Realtime 1080p30 at --preset slow should now be feasible on real systems. For sliced-threads, this patch should be faster regardless of settings (~10%). By default, lookahead threads are 1/6 of regular threads. This isn't exacting, but it seems to work well for all presets on real systems. With sliced-threads, it's the same as the number of encoding threads. r2199 Add support for RGB formats in bit-depth conversion filter r2198 Fix some bugs in mb_info code
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Brilliant software. I use this commandline tool as part of a conversion sequence to turn TV captures into smaller .mp4s for later playback on a "WDTV Live" box. The X264 commandline can be daunting to figure out initially (examples abound though, just search) but once you have a useful commandline then Bob's your Uncle. eg "my" commandline creates h264 video which is proven fully compatible with the WDTV Live in terms of the "video technical compliance stuff". Happy days. X264, when combined with FFMPEG to convert audio and with MP4box to mux the video/audio into an .mp4, provides you with capability to create your own (repeatable) custom tailored encodes. Fantastic.
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Extreme compression might be a very good feature for Sharing in-contra to my previous comment. Still figuring-out quality settings for personal back-up. Other ripping tools like Xvid4PSP, StaxRip, RipBot264, FairUse Wizard, MEGUI must be updated to this version accordingly.
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v r1703 better compression, but, video loses overall sharpness. it's disappointing. Target Video Bit rate : 1 500 Kbps Actual Video Bit rate : 817 Kpbs (Too Low than target results-in poor Quality) Hope for better improvement in next release.
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Simply the best implementation of H.264 spec. It is a CLI tool so some patience is required to learn it, otherwise use some great GUI's like Ripbot, StaxRip, or MeGUI.
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The BEST, and my most favorite video encoder. Thanks for continuous updates. Note:- ====== x264 vfw requires same trends for updates too!
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Simply The Best H264 encoder available, no doubt. Thanks to authors for keeping FREE, and running a good show of updates.
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By far the best H.264 encoder I've ever experienced. It even dwarfed all these commercial products and it's getting better!
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Unless you device does not support h264 part 10 (AVC) then there is NO REASON why you should not be using x264, even if you are not a console God , there is plenty of GUI's that harness the power of this codec implmentation.
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I have been an AVI with XviD and MP3 die hard fan for a LONG time! I just recently graduated to using MKV files and building my own chapters. THEN, I discovered that I can encode H264/X264 files and *directly* mux the AC3 audio from a DVD rip into an MKV. What I did NOT expect was the quality of video as such low bit rates. I very extensively use my Western Digital WD TV to play the videos I make on. When using XivD to encode 720 videos (1280X720), I *must* run at least 5000kbs to have a decent picture. With H264 (or better yet, x264.exe) the video quality is superior, at only 2500kbs!!! Now I wish my Creative Zen would support 264, because it is leaps and bounds better than WMV9!! I love this CLI tool, thanks so much to the author(s)!!! I hope to have a GUI built soon, and have plans on making a GUI tool kit for MKVs! Thanks!
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With this codec,you have DVD-like picture quality on VCD bitrates! IMO, the future is here, in this codec! I use it with super encoder to batch convert dvb mpeg2 files of various framesizes. The speed is 1/4 realtime on my core 2 duo 6600. The vfm version is faster (about 2/5 realtime). You can use it with virtualdub. An excellent choice for those who like cutting edge solutions, or something with great future in front of it!
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X264 is the best codec I ever used. Thanks to DeathToSheep for the unofficial VFW version I can stay using it with virtualdub. I capture with Mainconcept PVR in MPEG2 (quality 32) and convert with VirtualdubMPG to AVI files (X264 -single pass bitrate 800) With this combination of videotools I can put 13 episodes (50minutes/episode) of my favorite "Aspe murders" soap on 1 DVD and the quality is much,much better than VHS.
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After being skeptical about AVC H.264 I finally broke down and decided to try it for some iPod movies. The source files were MPEG-1 @ 1856kbps ripped from some high bitrate xVCD's I did years ago, I tried doing these with 3ivX and DivX 6.2.5 and wasn't pleased with the results especially on HDTV, I tried x264 using MeGUI and I am blown away by the 2-pass quality @ 700kbps. Even at a low resolution of 352x144 these movies look good (not great)on a 42" HDTV and the file sizes are quite small. MeGUI is a very powerful program but not exactly for noobs, When the ability for 640x480 iPod resolutions becomes possible this codec will be unstoppable!!
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What's xvid?? what's divx?? what's wmv?? No way X264 the best codec ever. High quality in low bitrate. This awesome codec use for me for months.No rival. Cauptain
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Better quality than XVID and a smaller file size. Use the latest FFDshow from Celtic_Druid for playback. Be aware that playback is CPU intensive - Not designed for < 2.0Ghz machines (yet).
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works now correctly in sony vegas - testing quality against other H264, but so far - this is a winner ..
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