x264 is an open source H264/AVC based video codec. The x264 CLI is a command line x264 encoder tool and it can be used with RipBot264, FairUse Wizard, MEGUI.
x264 Codec is a free software for creating H.264AVC video streams. x264 is one of the most advanced publicly available AVC encoders. It is also the only publicly available High Profile AVC

ffdshow is a DirectShow filter and VFW codec for many audio and video formats, such as DivX, Xvid and H.264. Over 70 bugs have been fixed, codecs have been updated, and support for a few new formats has been added in the tryouts. Vista is now supported.

Leiming's x264 GUI is an interesting GUI, very similar with x264 VFW.

Features of Leiming's x264 GUI :
- Very VFW-liked.
- Add awful number of files once.
- Support AVS Script preset, so using non-avs files as input is possible.
- Conditional double passes, estimating the right Q means finishing in only one pass.
- Support audio encoding and automated muxing.
- Support automated double passes.
- Support shutdown after jobs done.
- Support log recoding.
- Can work as an audio encoding GUI
- Bitrate calculated automated.

How to use Leiming's x264 GUI :

- You need to download the x264 Video Codec and extract the "x264" executable in "bin" folder.
- Then launch the "lmx264gui" executable from the same folder.

Lagarith is a lossless video codec intended for editing and archiving. Lagarith offers better compression than codecs like Huffyuv, Alparysoft, and CorePNG. There are a few lossless codecs that can compress better than Lagarith, such as MSU and FFV1; however Lagarith tends to be faster than these codecs. Lagarith is able to operate in several colorspaces - RGB24, RGB32, RGBA, YUY2, and YV12. For DVD video, the compression is typically only 10-30% better than Huffyuv. However, for high static scenes or highly compressible scenes, Lagarith significantly outperforms Huffyuv. A comparison for various types of video can be found here. Lagarith is able to outperform Huffyuv due to the fact that it uses a much better compression method. Pixel values are first predicted using median prediction (the same method used when "Predict Median" is selected in Huffyuv). This results in a much more compressible data stream. In Huffyuv, this byte stream would then be compress using Huffman compression. In Lagarith, the byte stream may be subjected to a modified Run Length Encoding if it will result in better compression. The resulting byte stream from that is then compressed using Arithmetic compression, which, unlike Huffman compression, can use fractional bits per symbol. This allows the compressed size to be very close to the entropy of the data, and is why Lagarith can compress simple frames much better than Huffyuv, and avoid expanding high static video. Additionally, Lagarith has support for null frames; if the previous frame is mathematically identical to the current, the current frame is discarded and the decoder will simply use the previous frame again.

The trade-off for this improved compression is speed. On a single processor system, Lagarith can be significantly slower than Huffyuv on typical video. Additionally, the decode speed tends to be slower than the encode speed; this is due to the nature of Arithmetic compression and the prediction algorithm. Fortunately, for the situations where the codec offers the most advantages over Huffyuv, the speed difference between the two tends to decrease, and Lagarith can be much faster for simple video. For multiple processor systems, Lagarith 1.3.0 can take advantage of additional processors; while Huffyuv cannot. On such systems Lagarith may be faster than Huffyuv.

This codec was build using the Huffyuv source as a template, and uses some Huffyuv code, most notably the routine to upsample YUY2 video to RGB and to perform pixel prediction on YUY2 video. Other colorspace conversion routines were taken from AviSynth.

Etymonix is pleased to announce the release of its flagship product, the SoftReel MPEG-2 video decoder version 2. Etymonix SoftReel is a faster than real-time MPEG-2 video decoder that has been optimized extensively for single-core and multi-core systems. It enables smooth high-quality playback of native MPEG-2 video files (MPG, VOB, DAT, M2P, M2V, MP2) and compatible AVI files ('EM2V' and 'PIM2' formats) up to HD 1920x1152 in Windows Media Player and other DirectShow-compatible applications.

DTS (DeathThatSheep) x264 VfW è una rielaborazione di x264 VfW che contiene un decoder VfW integrato. Installandolo sarete in grado di riprodurre e modificare qualsiasi file VfW AVC senza bisogno di altro software.

Cinema Craft Encoder SP2 is the next generation MPEG software encoder from Cinema Craft. Professional-grade software MPEG-1/MPEG-2 encoder, fastest and best quality in its class, with unprecedented control over the encoding process. Encode AVI, QuickTime and DV files. Plug-in for Adobe Premiere. Ideal for creating MPEG-2 streams for non-liner video editors, 3DCG animators, Game creators and DVD professionals.

Cinema Craft Encoder SP2 allows you to directly encode AVI, QuickTime and DV files into pristine, DVD compliant MPEG-2 streams, or beautiful MPEG-1 streams for delivery on CD-ROM or the Internet. Cinema Craft SP2 gives unprecedented control over the MPEG encoding process and delivers professional results in record time.

Cinema Craft Encoder SP2 is powered by the CCE encoding engine and has the advantages of an off-line encoding system. The CCE-SP2 gives you the capability of producing Hollywood quality at an affordable investment cost.

One of the enhancements, 3:2 pulldown functionality, will make a great impact on your workflow. It eliminates the cost consuming telecine process and time consuming cadence correction of inverse 3:2 pulldown.

Note: Cinema Craft Encoder SP2 does not support HD encoding.

- VCD support
- SVCD support
- Supports Microsoft DV CODEC
- Supports Still-image sequential files (BMP/JPEG/TARGA/TIFF)
- Can be used as a plug-in to Premiere 6.0/6.5/Pro/Pro1.5

DGMPGDec DGIndex is an MPEG2 decoder suite. It is used to decode MPEG2 streams from such sources as DVD VOBs and Blu-ray, captured transport streams, dvb/digital/hdtv streams, *.mpg, *.m2v, *.ts, *.m2ts files, etc. Based on DVD2AVI and MPEG2Dec. Can also demultiplex to video and audio files.

The DivX codec is the latest and greatest release of DivX, the best compression technology for high-resolution movies. The DivX codec is the standard for high quality video over IP networks because it hits the sweet spot between superior visual quality and small file size

The Ultimate Format Converter. Grass Valley ProCoder 3 continues to provide high-speed, high-quality video conversion between multiple formats, incorporating the existing features and workflow options found in ProCoder 2.0, and adding several key new features, including Canopus HQ video encoding profiles, H.264 video encoding/decoding, AVCHD decoding, MPEG-2 Grid Encoding for Multiple/Multi-core CPUs, and Dolby Digital encoding/decoding support for up to 5.1 channels.

ProCoder 3.0 Software Grass Valley ProCoder 3 software combines speed and flexibility into a streamlined video conversion tool for professionals. Widely acknowledged as the leading software transcoder, ProCoder 3 features extensive input/output options, advanced filtering, batch processing and an easy-to-use interface. Whether encoding MPEG video for DVD production, producing Windows Media for streaming or transcoding between NTSC and PAL, ProCoder 3 makes video format conversion quick and easy. Encode a single source to multiple targets simultaneously, run multiple conversion jobs back-to-back in batch mode, or use drag-and-drop preset icons to start conversion with a single click.