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LGPL H.265 Codec Implementation Available; Encoding To Come Later

Posted by timothy on from the fewer-bits-more-pixels dept.

New submitter Zyrill writes "The German company Stuttgarter Struktur AG has released a free and open source implementation of the H.265 codec, also termed 'High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC)' which is now available on Github. At the same video quality, H.265 promises roughly half the bitrate as compared to H.264. Also, resolutions up to 8K UHD (7680 × 4320 px) are supported. The software is licensed under LGPL. Quoting from the homepage where the software is also available for download: '[This software] is written from scratch in plain C for simplicity and efficiency. Its simple API makes it easy to integrate it into other software. Currently, libde265 only decodes intra frames, inter-frame decoding is under construction. Encoding is planned to be added afterwards.'"

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  1. Re:Codec? by elfprince13 · · Score: 1, Troll

    Dunno why this is moderated funny. Apparently today's batch of mods don't actually know that the word codec is an abbreviation for coder/decoder.

  2. like taxes, open source is theft by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    This whole project is just more proof that open source is a lot like goverment taxation in that it is all about stealing from those who work hard in order to give to those who don't.