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What is HEVC?

HEVC (High Efficiency Video Coding), also known as H.265, is a video compression standard designed as the successor to H.264/MPEG-4 AVC. It offers significantly better compression performance than AVC, typically providing similar video quality at about half the bit rate. It's commonly used for encoding and decoding video content for streaming, broadcasting, and storing high-resolution video such as 4K and 8K.

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What other technologies are related to HEVC?

HEVC Competitor Technologies

AV1

A royalty-free video coding format designed to succeed VP9 and compete with HEVC/H.265.

mentioned alongside HEVC in 51% (563) of relevant job posts

AVC

Also known as H.264, a widely used video compression standard that competes with HEVC, especially for older devices or lower bandwidth scenarios.

mentioned alongside HEVC in 66% (390) of relevant job posts

VVC

Versatile Video Coding is the latest video compression standard, designed to offer even better compression than HEVC, thus a direct competitor.

mentioned alongside HEVC in 72% (308) of relevant job posts

H.264

Same as AVC, a widely used video compression standard that competes with HEVC.

mentioned alongside HEVC in 26% (688) of relevant job posts

VP9

An open and royalty-free video coding format developed by Google, designed to compete with HEVC.

mentioned alongside HEVC in 46% (320) of relevant job posts

MPEG-2

An older video coding format that is used less often as HEVC becomes more popular, but it is still a competitor in some legacy applications.

mentioned alongside HEVC in 48% (260) of relevant job posts

H264

Same as AVC, a widely used video compression standard that competes with HEVC.

mentioned alongside HEVC in 24% (189) of relevant job posts

MPEG-4

A video coding format that competes with HEVC, though it is generally older and less efficient.

mentioned alongside HEVC in 34% (127) of relevant job posts

HEVC Complementary Technologies

AAC

Advanced Audio Coding, a widely used audio coding format often used alongside video codecs like HEVC for audio encoding.

mentioned alongside HEVC in 19% (342) of relevant job posts

HLS

HTTP Live Streaming is an adaptive bitrate streaming protocol from Apple. It can be used to deliver content encoded with HEVC.

mentioned alongside HEVC in 9% (533) of relevant job posts

CMAF

Common Media Application Format is a container format designed to simplify delivery of streaming media. Content encoded in HEVC can be packaged in CMAF.

mentioned alongside HEVC in 33% (145) of relevant job posts