H.265

E94764

video coding format video compression standard

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.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
HEVC	5
Advanced Video Coding	1
HEVC/H.265	1
High Efficiency Video Coding	1
ITU-T Recommendation H.265	1

Statements (66)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	video coding format ⓘ video compression standard ⓘ
abbreviation	H.265 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: HEVC
alsoKnownAs	H.265 ⓘ surface form: HEVC H.265 ⓘ surface form: High Efficiency Video Coding
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	MPEG ⓘ surface form: ISO/IEC Moving Picture Experts Group ITU-T Video Coding Experts Group ⓘ
entropyCodingMethod	Context-Adaptive Binary Arithmetic Coding ⓘ
fileExtensionUsedIn	.265 ⓘ .hevc ⓘ
formalName	ISO/IEC 23008-2 ⓘ H.265 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: ITU-T Recommendation 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 Telecommunication Standardization Sector ⓘ surface form: ITU-T Joint Video Team ⓘ surface form: Joint Collaborative Team on Video Coding
successorOf	H.265 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Advanced Video Coding 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 ⓘ