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x265

brew install x265 v4.2 GPL-2.0-or-later

H.265/HEVC video encoder library and command-line tool written in C++.

Why you might care

x265 is the de facto open-source HEVC encoder, offering better compression than H.264 at the cost of encoding time. Use it when you need to produce H.265 video for modern playback devices, streaming platforms, or size-constrained storage. It's a primary dependency for ffmpeg's HEVC encoding and supports both library and CLI workflows.

Categories

video-tool library encoder

Alternatives

libx264 libvpx AV1 ffmpeg
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Build dependencies

cmake

Links

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