libde265 - open h.265 codec implementation
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libde265 is an open source implementation of the h.265 video codec.
It is written from scratch in plain C for simplicity and efficiency.
Its simple API makes it easy to integrate it into other software.

Currently, libde265 only decodes intra frames, inter-frame decoding
is under construction. Encoding is planned to be added afterwards.


The library comes with two example programs:

- dec265, a simple player for raw h.265 bitstreams.
          It serves nicely as an example program how to use libde265.

- sherlock265, a Qt-based video player with the additional capability
          to overlay some graphical representations of the h.265
          bitstream (like CU-trees, intra-prediction modes).



Building
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libde265 has no dependencies on other libraries, but both example programs
require that you install the libvideogfx library, which you can get from
  http://www.dirk-farin.net/software/libvideogfx/index.html
or
  http://sourceforge.net/p/libvideogfx/code/260/tree/trunk/libvideogfx/

You can disable building of the example programs by running ./configure with
  --disable-dec265        Do not dec265 decoder program.
  --disable-sherlock265   Do not build sherlock265 visual inspection program.

Additional logging information can be turned on and off using these ./configure flags:
  --enable-log-error      turn on logging at error level (default=yes)
  --enable-log-info       turn on logging at info level (default=no)
  --enable-log-trace      turn on logging at trace level (default=no)



License
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libde265 is distributed under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License.
See COPYRIGHT for more details.

Copyright (c) 2013 Struktur AG
contact: Dirk Farin <[email protected]>