H.264/AVC Decoder
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H.264/AVC DirectShow video decoder.
Overview
H.264/AVC Decoder is a DirectShow filter for decoding H.264/AVC video streams.
Why H.264?
H.264/MPEG-4 Part 10 or AVC (Advanced Video Coding) is the latest motion compensation-based video compression technology available today. At only half the bandwidth of MPEG-2, H.264 provides better video quality due to a deblocking filter that helps smooth the sharp edges between macroblocks. Because of this, H.264 is especially suited for HD video.
H.264 is used in:
- HDTV broadcasting
- Digital Cinema
- CCTV (Closed Circuit TV) and Video Surveillance
- Web players and YouTube-like video sharing sites
- Blue-ray optical discs
Features
- Supports Baseline profile (BP), Main profile (MP), Extended profile (XP) and High profile (HiP).
- Supports 4:2:0 and 4:2:2 color spaces, 8 and 10 bits per color plane.
- Multicore/Hyper Threading support.
- MMX/SSE/SSE2/SSE3 ASM optimization.
- CABAC/CAVLC.
- I, P and B slices.
- AVC-Intra support.
- AVC1 file and byte stream formats support.
- Field or frame pictures.
- Color space conversions (YUY2, UYVY, YVYU, Y422, NV12, YV12, I420, ARGB32, RGB32, RGB24, RGB565, RGB555, v210, r210, AB10, AR10, BR16, RB16, AB16, AR16).
Supported Standards
- ITU-T H.264
- ISO/IEC 14496-10 – MPEG-4 Part 10, Advanced Video Coding
See Also
- Decoder Pack (available with Broadcast Automation Platform only)
- H.264/AVC Encoder
Other Codecs
- Splitters & file readers: MP4/QuickTime, DV/DVCPRO, DICOM, MXF, GXF/LXF.
- Decoders: H.264/AVC, MPEG-4, MPEG-2, DV/DVCPRO, M-JPEG.
- Encoders: H.264/AVC, MPEG-2, DV/DVCPRO, M-JPEG.
- Muxers & file writers: MXF, MPEG-4.
