Editing Advanced Video Coding (section)

=== Software encoders ===
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|+ AVC software implementations
! Feature
! [[QuickTime]]
! [[Nero Digital|Nero]]
! [[OpenH264]]
! [[x264]]
! [[MainConcept|Main-<br />Concept]]
! Elecard
! [[Telestream Episode|&nbsp;TSE&nbsp;]]
! [[ProCoder|Pro-<br />Coder]]
! [[Avivo]]
! [[Elemental Technologies|Elemental]]
! [[Integrated Performance Primitives|&nbsp;IPP&nbsp;]]
|-
! B slices
| {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}}
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! Multiple reference frames
| {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}}
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! Interlaced coding (PicAFF, MBAFF)
| {{no}} || {{Yes-No|MBAFF}} || {{Yes-No|MBAFF}} || {{Yes-No|MBAFF}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{Yes-No|MBAFF}} ||{{yes}} || {{no}}
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! CABAC entropy coding
| {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}}
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! 8×8 vs. 4×4 transform adaptivity
| {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}}
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! Quantization scaling matrices
| {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}}
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! Separate C<sub>B</sub> and C<sub>R</sub> QP control
| {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}}
|-
! Extended chroma formats
| {{no|No}} || {{no|No}} || {{no|No}} || {{yes|4:0:0<ref>[http://code.videolan.org/videolan/x264/commit/698c5a32e63a3ed6b976ed196abe479efd78530b "x264 4:0:0 (monochrome) encoding support"], Retrieved 2019-06-05.</ref><br />4:2:0<br />4:2:2<ref>[http://code.videolan.org/videolan/x264/commit/5b0cb86f27ba0c5433c404bed51c06a5124dfb49 "x264 4:2:2 encoding support"], Retrieved 2019-06-05.</ref><br />4:4:4<ref>[http://code.videolan.org/videolan/x264/commit/a93e4c4a75d05e7bf379cb9a39caad57f615eeb0 "x264 4:4:4 encoding support"], Retrieved 2019-06-05.</ref>&nbsp;&nbsp;}} || {{Yes-No|4:2:2}} || {{Yes-No|4:2:2}} || {{Yes-No|4:2:2}} || {{no|No}} || {{no|No}} || {{yes-no|4:2:0<br />4:2:2}} || {{no|No}}
|-
! Largest sample depth (bit)
| {{Yes-No|8}} || {{Yes-No|8}} || {{Yes-No|8}} || {{yes|10<ref>[http://code.videolan.org/videolan/x264/commit/c91f43a4b09dab84953f417e6d6662ec0fa7acb1 "x264 support for 9 and 10-bit encoding"], Retrieved 2011-06-22.</ref>}} || {{yes|10}} || {{Yes-No|8}} || {{Yes-No|8}} || {{Yes-No|8}} || {{Yes-No|8}} || {{Yes|10}} || {{yes|12}}

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! Predictive lossless coding
| {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes|Yes<ref>[http://code.videolan.org/videolan/x264/commit/a9e86d248d8d5f1e892159a7d86dcea2f884a859 "x264 replace High 4:4:4 profile lossless with High 4:4:4 Predictive"], Retrieved 2011-06-22.</ref>}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}}

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