# The multimedia/x264 port

## x264-20250909 – free H.264/MPEG-4 AVC encoder

## Description

    x264 is a free software library and application for encoding video
    streams into the H.264/MPEG-4 AVC format.

    Encoder features:
     * 8x8 and 4x4 adaptive spatial transform
     * Adaptive B-frame placement
     * B-frames as references / arbitrary frame order
     * CAVLC/CABAC entropy coding
     * Custom quantization matrices
     * Intra: all macroblock types (16x16, 8x8, 4x4, and PCM with all predictions)
     * Inter P: all partitions (from 16x16 down to 4x4)
     * Inter B: partitions from 16x16 down to 8x8 (including skip/direct)
     * Interlacing (MBAFF)
     * Multiple reference frames
     * Ratecontrol: constant quantizer, constant quality, single or multipass ABR,
       optional VBV
     * Scenecut detection
     * Spatial and temporal direct mode in B-frames, adaptive mode selection
     * Parallel encoding on multiple CPUs
     * Predictive lossless mode
     * Psy optimizations for detail retention (adaptive quantization, psy-RD,
       psy-trellis)
     * Zones for arbitrarily adjusting bitrate distribution

WWW: https://www.videolan.org/developers/x264.html

Only for arches
  aarch64 aarch64 alpha amd64 amd64 arm arm hppa i386 i386 mips64 mips64 mips64el mips64el powerpc powerpc powerpc64 powerpc64 riscv64 riscv64 sparc64
Categories:
  multimedia

## Library dependencies

## Build dependencies

- devel/gmake

## Run dependencies