<package name="x264-compat" project="multimedia">

  <title>A free h264/avc encoder.</title>

  <description>x264 is a free library for encoding next-generation H264/AVC video

streams. The code is written from scratch by Laurent Aimar, Loren

Merritt, Eric Petit (OS X), Min Chen (vfw/asm), Justin Clay (vfw), Mans

Rullgard, Radek Czyz, Christian Heine (asm), Alex Izvorski (asm), and

Alex Wright. It is released under the terms of the GPL license. This

package contains a shared library and a commandline tool for encoding

H264 streams. This library is needed for mplayer/mencoder for H264

encoding support.

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Encoder features:

- CAVLC/CABAC

- Multi-references

- Intra: all macroblock types (16x16, 8x8, and 4x4 with all predictions)

- Inter P: all partitions (from 16x16 down to 4x4)

- Inter B: partitions from 16x16 down to 8x8 (including skip/direct)

- Ratecontrol: constant quantizer, single or multipass ABR, optional VBV

- Scene cut detection

- Adaptive B-frame placement

- B-frames as references / arbitrary frame order

- 8x8 and 4x4 adaptive spatial transform

- Lossless mode

- Custom quantization matrices

- Parallel encoding of multiple slices (currently disabled)

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Be aware that the x264 library is still in early development stage. The

command line tool x264 can handle only raw YUV 4:2:0 streams at the

moment so please use mencoder or another tool that supports x264 library

for all other file types.</description>

  <person userid="hostmaster" role="maintainer"/>

  <person userid="netmax" role="maintainer"/>

</package>

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