H.264/MPEG-4 AVC - Software Encoder Feature Comparison

Software Encoder Feature Comparison

AVC software implementations
Feature QT Nero LEAD x264 MainConcept Elecard TSE VSofts ProCoder Avivo Elemental IPP
I and P slices Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
B slices Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
SI and SP slices No No No No No No No No No No No No
Multiple reference frames Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
In-loop deblocking filter Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Flexible Macroblock Ordering (FMO) No No No No No No No Yes No No No No
Arbitrary slice ordering (ASO) No No No No No No No No No No No No
Redundant slices (RS) No No No No No No No No No No No No
Data partitioning No No No No No No No No No No No No
Interlaced coding (PicAFF, MBAFF) No MBAFF MBAFF MBAFF Yes Yes No MBAFF Yes MBAFF Yes No
CAVLC entropy coding Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
CABAC entropy coding Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
8×8 vs. 4×4 transform adaptivity No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Quantization scaling matrices No No No Yes Yes No No Yes No No No No
Separate Cb and Cr QP control No No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No No No
Monochrome (4:0:0) No No No No No Yes No Yes No No No No
Extended chroma formats No No No 4:2:2/4:4:4 4:2:2 4:2:2 4:2:2 4:2:2/4:4:4 No No 4:2:0, 4:2:2 No
Largest sample depth (bit) 8 8 8 10 10 8 8 10 8 8 10 12
Separate color plane coding No No No No No No No No No No No No
Predictive lossless coding No No No Yes No No No No No No No No
Film grain modeling No No No No No No No Yes No No No No

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