HEVC

HEVC (High Efficiency Video Coding, H.265) is a video stream format that is intended as a successor to H.264. It is more efficient in space vs. quality than the earlier standard. It was created jointly by MPEG and VCEG, and endorsed as a standard by ISO (ISO/IEC 23008-2) and ITU as part of MPEG-H. It may be patent encumbered in some countries, however. The BPG still graphic format uses it.

Specs

 * HEVC spec draft

Sample files

 * Some sample HEVC videos

Software

 * x265 open source project
 * f265 open source project

Links

 * Wikipedia article
 * HEVC information from the MPEG website
 * HEVC software manual