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x265 HEVC Encoder
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| **Read:** | Online `documentation <http://x265.readthedocs.org/en/master/>`_ | Developer `wiki <https://github.com/Multicorewareinc/x265/wiki/>`_
| **Download:** | `releases <http://ftp.videolan.org/pub/videolan/x265/>`_ 
| **Interact:** | #x265 on freenode.irc.net | `x265-devel@videolan.org <http://mailman.videolan.org/listinfo/x265-devel>`_ | `Report an issue <https://github.com/Multicorewareinc/x265/issues>`_

`x265 <https://www.videolan.org/developers/x265.html>`_ is an open
source HEVC encoder. See the developer wiki for instructions for
downloading and building the source.

x265 is free to use under the `GNU GPL <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html>`_ 
and is also available under a commercial `license <http://x265.org>`_