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Quoting the review below of that it doesn't work yet he gives 10/10!
There are problems with it, but will be fixed. Compatibilities will be broken as a matter of course.
There are problems with it, but will be fixed. Compatibilities will be broken as a matter of course.
Review by Rod on
Mar 15, 2024 Version: r3186
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 5/10
Functionality: 8/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 7/10
Developers need to recomplile 164 r3179 64-bit. It doesn't work and seems incomplete since its only 3 MB.
Review by doomie on
Feb 21, 2024 Version: 164 r3179
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
Rating by J4F on
Nov 11, 2023 Version: x264 Encoder 164 r3156
OS: Windows 11 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
See this codec being around for years yet! Makes sense improving this as other modern ones are far too slow for typical home user and only appropriate for a commercial setting or streaming companies.
Review by Wayne on
Sep 6, 2022 Version: r3098
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 1/10
Functionality: 9/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 9/10
As far as I know h264 accepts HDR!!!
Review by Greg on
Jan 26, 2022 Version: r3085
OS: Windows 7 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
This is sensible- concentrate and concontinue development on what actually fully works well and people use most of the time, instead of SLOWwww hevc/AV1/V9 etc. A bit difficult to use for those not familiar with commands, but plenty of gui's out there or converters which still use it.
Review by Roberto on
Jan 26, 2022 Version: r3085
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 8/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
Rating by longwin on
Nov 2, 2021 Version: 3075
OS: Windows 7 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
Rating by Akasid on
Nov 2, 2021 Version: 164 r3075
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
Totally agree Paulo.
For the same movie, same CRF, same preset, version 3065 & version 3075 provide
much more smaller movie size than previous version.
I hope x264 can keep improving and can accept HDR format just like x265, thus we can give up x265 finally.
For the same movie, same CRF, same preset, version 3065 & version 3075 provide
much more smaller movie size than previous version.
I hope x264 can keep improving and can accept HDR format just like x265, thus we can give up x265 finally.
Review by longwin on
Nov 2, 2021 Version: 3075
OS: Windows 7 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
This is how it should be done, keep improving things which actually work well instead of focusing on codecs like H265 which are patent bound took kingdom come, still terribly slow and incompatible with loads of hardware even today.
Review by Paulo on
Sep 30, 2021 Version: r3075
OS: Windows 7 64-bit Ease of use: 8/10
Functionality: 9/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 9/10
How much longer can this be bettered/developed before being phased out for good? Will users still be using it on a decade? H265 won't last too in its current form(patent crap is stifling!), as it is being superceded by superior codecs as we speak, just need to get the hardware up to scratch more as well as industry.
Review by Derek Springer on
May 8, 2021 Version: 163 r3059
OS: Windows 7 64-bit Ease of use: 2/10
Functionality: 8/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 6/10
Rating by Dotter on
May 6, 2021 Version: 163 r3059
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 7/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
Work OK without any problems.
@L.V, @Not Happy, @Fred, @Will Aren't you tired of writing this crap under different nicknames after each release?
If something is really broken have you even tried to make bug report to developers or open issue with a detailed description of the problem, and not this "broken broken broken" crap?
Some hardware compatibility problems with Samsung TVs (due to bug in firmware, which not support new versions of H.264 spec i.e. constraint_set4_flag/constraint_set5_flag) were only in revisions from r2959 to r2978 i.e. 2 years ago.
P.S. sophisticles is it you?
@L.V, @Not Happy, @Fred, @Will Aren't you tired of writing this crap under different nicknames after each release?
If something is really broken have you even tried to make bug report to developers or open issue with a detailed description of the problem, and not this "broken broken broken" crap?
Some hardware compatibility problems with Samsung TVs (due to bug in firmware, which not support new versions of H.264 spec i.e. constraint_set4_flag/constraint_set5_flag) were only in revisions from r2959 to r2978 i.e. 2 years ago.
P.S. sophisticles is it you?
Review by MasterNobody on
May 5, 2021 Version: 163 r3059
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
What good is this, if it constantly breaks compatibility with recent ffmeg builds and then making workarounds which in turn cause more headaches? Lost the plot!
Review by Not Happy on
Feb 11, 2021 Version: 161 r3048
OS: Windows 7 64-bit Ease of use: 1/10
Functionality: 1/10
Value for money: 1/10
Overall: 1/10
Let's bet this right without the be! It works in latest to a point before crashing. And it breaks compatibility with some older builds. May work okay for you depending on operation.
Review by Allan on
Oct 27, 2020 Version: 161 r3027
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 2/10
Functionality: 8/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 5/10
Works just fine... also with (latest) ffmpeg
Review by Willy on
Oct 26, 2020 Version: 161 r3027
OS: Linux Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
This is software.
Mistakes can be corrected.
Who are these people who yell like this ?
Keep cool people.
Mistakes can be corrected.
Who are these people who yell like this ?
Keep cool people.
Review by Mike on
Oct 26, 2020 Version: r2851
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 8/10
Functionality: 8/10
Value for money: 8/10
Overall: 8/10
Wtf! Compatibility broken in about every ffmeg build. Ruined project!
Review by Not Happy on
Oct 25, 2020 Version: 161 r3026
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 1/10
Functionality: 1/10
Value for money: 1/10
Overall: 1/10
Forcing me and others to fully embrace h265 format. If I use h264 only the older working builds. Why keep developing a once great codec only to break compatibility and mess it up even more? Zero out of Ten from me!
Review by Fred on
Jul 15, 2020 Version: 160 r3018
OS: Windows 7 64-bit Ease of use: 1/10
Functionality: 1/10
Value for money: 1/10
Overall: 1/10
By tweaking the code AGAIN! with so called 'improvements' this once great software has broken compatibility with older ffmeg and newer builds causing loads of issues. WTF!
Review by Will on
Jul 3, 2020 Version: 160 r3015
OS: Windows 7 64-bit Ease of use: 1/10
Functionality: 1/10
Value for money: 1/10
Overall: 1/10
Full of errors these later revisions causing loads of hardware conflicts. Back to very stable 264VFW Master nobody build or Komisar version.
Review by Terry on
Nov 6, 2019 Version: 158 r2988
OS: Windows 7 64-bit Ease of use: 1/10
Functionality: 1/10
Value for money: 1/10
Overall: 1/10
this version breaks compatibility with many players resulting in "Not supported video" error messages.
it is therefore now useless and worthless
it is therefore now useless and worthless
Review by me on
May 12, 2019 Version: x264 Encoder 157 r2969
OS: Other Ease of use: 8/10
Functionality: 1/10
Value for money: 1/10
Overall: 1/10
Rating by Wakaku on
Mar 11, 2018 Version: r2744
OS: Windows 7 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
Superb!!!
Review by eagletdw on
Nov 30, 2013 Version: 0.130.2273
OS: WinXP Ease of use: 9/10
Functionality: 8/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 9/10
Brilliant software.
I use this commandline tool as part of a conversion sequence to turn TV captures into smaller .mp4s for later playback on a "WDTV Live" box.
The X264 commandline can be daunting to figure out initially (examples abound though, just search) but once you have a useful commandline then Bob's your Uncle. eg "my" commandline creates h264 video which is proven fully compatible with the WDTV Live in terms of the "video technical compliance stuff". Happy days.
X264, when combined with FFMPEG to convert audio and with MP4box to mux the video/audio into an .mp4, provides you with capability to create your own (repeatable) custom tailored encodes.
Fantastic.
I use this commandline tool as part of a conversion sequence to turn TV captures into smaller .mp4s for later playback on a "WDTV Live" box.
The X264 commandline can be daunting to figure out initially (examples abound though, just search) but once you have a useful commandline then Bob's your Uncle. eg "my" commandline creates h264 video which is proven fully compatible with the WDTV Live in terms of the "video technical compliance stuff". Happy days.
X264, when combined with FFMPEG to convert audio and with MP4box to mux the video/audio into an .mp4, provides you with capability to create your own (repeatable) custom tailored encodes.
Fantastic.
Review by hydra3333 on
Jul 30, 2011 Version: 2044
OS: Windows 7 64-bit Ease of use: 4/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 9/10
Extreme compression might be a very good feature for Sharing in-contra to my previous comment. Still figuring-out quality settings for personal back-up.
Other ripping tools like Xvid4PSP, StaxRip, RipBot264, FairUse Wizard, MEGUI must be updated to this version accordingly.
Other ripping tools like Xvid4PSP, StaxRip, RipBot264, FairUse Wizard, MEGUI must be updated to this version accordingly.
Review by Bonie81 on
Sep 3, 2010 Version: Version:r1703
OS: Linux Ease of use: 9/10
Functionality: 9/10
Value for money: 9/10
Overall: 9/10
v r1703 better compression, but, video loses overall sharpness.
it's disappointing.
Target Video Bit rate : 1 500 Kbps
Actual Video Bit rate : 817 Kpbs (Too Low than target results-in poor Quality)
Hope for better improvement in next release.
it's disappointing.
Target Video Bit rate : 1 500 Kbps
Actual Video Bit rate : 817 Kpbs (Too Low than target results-in poor Quality)
Hope for better improvement in next release.
Review by Bonie81 on
Aug 26, 2010 Version: r1703
OS: Windows 7 Ease of use: 9/10
Functionality: 9/10
Value for money: 9/10
Overall: 9/10
Simply the best implementation of H.264 spec.
It is a CLI tool so some patience is required to learn it, otherwise use some great GUI's like
Ripbot, StaxRip, or MeGUI.
It is a CLI tool so some patience is required to learn it, otherwise use some great GUI's like
Ripbot, StaxRip, or MeGUI.
Review by Vladrial on
Jul 13, 2010 Version: 1666
OS: Windows 7 Ease of use: 5/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
The BEST,
and my most favorite video encoder.
Thanks for continuous updates.
Note:-
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x264 vfw requires same trends for updates too!
and my most favorite video encoder.
Thanks for continuous updates.
Note:-
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x264 vfw requires same trends for updates too!
Review by Bonie81 on
May 30, 2010 Version: r1613
OS: WinXP Ease of use: 9/10
Functionality: 9/10
Value for money: 9/10
Overall: 9/10
Simply The Best H264 encoder available, no doubt.
Thanks to authors for keeping FREE,
and running a good show of updates.
Thanks to authors for keeping FREE,
and running a good show of updates.
Review by Bonie81 on
May 17, 2010 Version: 1592
OS: WinXP Ease of use: 9/10
Functionality: 9/10
Value for money: 9/10
Overall: 9/10
By far the best H.264 encoder I've ever experienced. It even dwarfed all these commercial products and it's getting better!
Review by pintcat on
May 1, 2010 Version: 1570
OS: WinXP Ease of use: 5/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
Unless you device does not support h264 part 10 (AVC) then there is NO REASON why you should not be using x264, even if you are not a console God , there is plenty of GUI's that harness the power of this codec implmentation.
Review by dannyboy48888 on
Nov 30, 2009 Version: 1354
OS: Windows 7 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
I have been an AVI with XviD and MP3 die hard fan for a LONG time! I just recently graduated to using MKV files and building my own chapters. THEN, I discovered that I can encode H264/X264 files and *directly* mux the AC3 audio from a DVD rip into an MKV.
What I did NOT expect was the quality of video as such low bit rates.
I very extensively use my Western Digital WD TV to play the videos I make on. When using XivD to encode 720 videos (1280X720), I *must* run at least 5000kbs to have a decent picture. With H264 (or better yet, x264.exe) the video quality is superior, at only 2500kbs!!!
Now I wish my Creative Zen would support 264, because it is leaps and bounds better than WMV9!!
I love this CLI tool, thanks so much to the author(s)!!! I hope to have a GUI built soon, and have plans on making a GUI tool kit for MKVs! Thanks!
What I did NOT expect was the quality of video as such low bit rates.
I very extensively use my Western Digital WD TV to play the videos I make on. When using XivD to encode 720 videos (1280X720), I *must* run at least 5000kbs to have a decent picture. With H264 (or better yet, x264.exe) the video quality is superior, at only 2500kbs!!!
Now I wish my Creative Zen would support 264, because it is leaps and bounds better than WMV9!!
I love this CLI tool, thanks so much to the author(s)!!! I hope to have a GUI built soon, and have plans on making a GUI tool kit for MKVs! Thanks!
Review by RogerTango on
Feb 2, 2009 Version: r1097
OS: WinXP Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
With this codec,you have DVD-like picture quality on VCD bitrates!
IMO, the future is here, in this codec!
I use it with super encoder to batch convert dvb mpeg2 files of various framesizes. The speed is 1/4 realtime on my core 2 duo 6600.
The vfm version is faster (about 2/5 realtime). You can use it with virtualdub.
An excellent choice for those who like cutting edge solutions, or something with great future in front of it!
IMO, the future is here, in this codec!
I use it with super encoder to batch convert dvb mpeg2 files of various framesizes. The speed is 1/4 realtime on my core 2 duo 6600.
The vfm version is faster (about 2/5 realtime). You can use it with virtualdub.
An excellent choice for those who like cutting edge solutions, or something with great future in front of it!
Review by SatStorm on
Apr 25, 2007 Version: cor54 rev600
OS: WinXP Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
X264 is the best codec I ever used. Thanks to DeathToSheep for the unofficial VFW version I can stay using it with virtualdub.
I capture with Mainconcept PVR in MPEG2 (quality 32) and convert with VirtualdubMPG to AVI files (X264 -single pass bitrate 800)
With this combination of videotools I can put 13 episodes (50minutes/episode) of my favorite "Aspe murders" soap on 1 DVD and the quality is much,much better than VHS.
I capture with Mainconcept PVR in MPEG2 (quality 32) and convert with VirtualdubMPG to AVI files (X264 -single pass bitrate 800)
With this combination of videotools I can put 13 episodes (50minutes/episode) of my favorite "Aspe murders" soap on 1 DVD and the quality is much,much better than VHS.
Review by filipdebie on
Dec 5, 2006 Version: 6.00
OS: WinXP Ease of use: 8/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 9/10
After being skeptical about AVC H.264 I finally broke down and decided to try it for some iPod movies. The source files were MPEG-1 @ 1856kbps ripped from some high bitrate xVCD's I did years ago, I tried doing these with 3ivX and DivX 6.2.5 and wasn't pleased with the results especially on HDTV, I tried x264 using MeGUI and I am blown away by the 2-pass quality @ 700kbps. Even at a low resolution of 352x144 these movies look good (not great)on a 42" HDTV and the file sizes are quite small. MeGUI is a very powerful program but not exactly for noobs, When the ability for 640x480 iPod resolutions becomes possible this codec will be unstoppable!!
Review by GMaq on
Sep 24, 2006 Version: 565
OS: WinXP Ease of use: 7/10
Functionality: 9/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 9/10
What's xvid?? what's divx?? what's wmv??
No way X264 the best codec ever.
High quality in low bitrate.
This awesome codec use for me for months.No rival.
Cauptain
No way X264 the best codec ever.
High quality in low bitrate.
This awesome codec use for me for months.No rival.
Cauptain
Review by Cauptain on
Jan 27, 2006 Version: 409
OS: WinXP Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
Better quality than XVID and a smaller file size. Use the latest FFDshow from Celtic_Druid for playback. Be aware that playback is CPU intensive - Not designed for < 2.0Ghz machines (yet).
Review by soopafresh on
Jun 15, 2005 Version: 263
OS: WinXP Ease of use: 8/10
Functionality: 9/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 9/10
works now correctly in sony vegas - testing quality against other H264, but so far - this is a winner ..
Review by BJ_M on
Jun 14, 2005 Version: Revision 261
OS: WinXP Ease of use: 8/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 9/10
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