H.265

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H.265, also known as High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC), is a video compression standard designed to significantly reduce bandwidth and storage requirements compared to its predecessor H.264 while maintaining high visual quality.

All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
HEVC 9
H.265 canonical 3
High Efficiency Video Coding 2

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Statements (66)

Predicate Object
instanceOf video coding format
video compression standard
abbreviation HEVC
linked to: H.265
alsoKnownAs HEVC
linked to: H.265

High Efficiency Video Coding
linked to: H.265
applicationDomain Ultra HD Blu-ray
broadcast television
video conferencing
video storage
video streaming
containerFormats MKV
MP4
MPEG-TS
designGoal higher compression efficiency than H.264
maintain high visual quality
reduced bandwidth requirements
reduced storage requirements
developedBy ISO/IEC Moving Picture Experts Group
linked to: MPEG

ITU-T Video Coding Experts Group
entropyCodingMethod Context-Adaptive Binary Arithmetic Coding
fileExtensionUsedIn .265
.hevc
formalName ISO/IEC 23008-2
ITU-T Recommendation H.265
linked to: H.265
hasLicensingModel patent-licensed technology
hasProfile Main
Main 10
Main Still Picture
Range Extensions profiles
Screen Content Coding profiles
hasTier High tier
Main tier
initialStandardPublicationYear 2013
partOf H.26x family of video coding standards
MPEG video standards
regionOfUse worldwide
relatedStandard AV1
H.264
VP9
standardizedBy ISO/IEC
ITU-T
Joint Collaborative Team on Video Coding
linked to: Joint Video Team
successorOf Advanced Video Coding
linked to: H.265

H.264
supports 4K UHD video
high dynamic range video
resolutions up to 8K UHD
wide color gamut
supportsBitDepth 10-bit
12-bit
8-bit
supportsChromaSubsampling 4:2:0
4:2:2
4:4:4
typicalBitrateSavingComparedTo about 50% bitrate reduction compared to H.264 at similar quality
usedFor IPTV
mobile video streaming
over-the-top video services
uses Coding Tree Units
block-based hybrid video coding
entropy coding
inter prediction
intra prediction
motion compensation
quadtree-based block partitioning
transform coding

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Blu-ray Disc supportsVideoCodec HEVC/H.265
subject linked to: Blu-ray Disc format
linked to: H.265
Photos supports HEVC
linked to: H.265
H.264 successor H.265
H.264 successor HEVC
linked to: H.265
Final Cut Pro supports HEVC
linked to: H.265
H.265 alsoKnownAs High Efficiency Video Coding
linked to: H.265
H.265 alsoKnownAs HEVC
linked to: H.265
H.265 successorOf Advanced Video Coding
linked to: H.265
H.265 formalName ITU-T Recommendation H.265
linked to: H.265
H.265 abbreviation HEVC
linked to: H.265
ITU-T Recommendations hasPart ITU-T Recommendation H.265
linked to: H.265
MPEG hasStandard MPEG-HEVC
linked to: H.265
ATSC 3.0 usesVideoCodec HEVC
linked to: H.265
Joint Video Team successorWorkInfluenced High Efficiency Video Coding
linked to: H.265
Joint Video Team successorWorkInfluenced HEVC
linked to: H.265
DVB broadcasting standards compressionTechnology HEVC
linked to: H.265
Compressor supportsFormat HEVC
linked to: H.265