JM and JSVM software are the reference softwares used to understand and emulate H.264 and its scalable version while HEVC and SHM software are the reference softwares used to understand and emulate H.265 and its scalable version. These reference softwares( JM, JSVM, HEVC, SHM ) are managed using a version control software such as subversion (SVN) and Concurrent Version Systems (CVS). These applications help in controlling and distributions of the reference softwares.The HEVC and its scalable version reference software can be downloaded
from

https://hevc.hhi.fraunhofer.de/

• Windows

In windows one can use a simple software such as tortoiseSVN or tortoiseCVS and simply get the corresponding tools. Also some standard YUV files will be required to test the code such as foreman.yuv,basketballdrill.yuv etc.. To read and play the yuv files in windows ,YUV player or YUV toolkit (preffered) will be useful. HEVC uses SVN so for windows(after installing tortoise SVN) go to the folder where the project will be saved.Simply right click and select the option “SVN checkout”and add the url and click OK.
                                                                                                                https://hevc.hhi.fraunhofer.de/svn/svn_HEVCSoftware/

• Linux

In Linux,the packages “subversion”and “cvs ”have to be installed via command line or any other package manager(e.g. synaptic package manager). After installation ,in the terminal , simply type the command in the terminal window:
 

svn checkout https://hevc.hhi.fraunhofer.de/svn/svn_HEVCSoftware/

Unfortunately YUVplayer/YUV toolkit is not developed for linux however we can use the VLC player to read these YUV files. To read and play the yuv files in linux using vlc player use the command.

 

 

vlc --demux rawvideo --rawvid-fps FrameRate --rawvid-width FrameWidth --rawvid-height FrameHeight --rawvid-chroma I420 YUV_File

After the download is complete in either platform, a set of directories/folders will appear in your workspace such as:

• build (which has the project files )
• cfg (configuration files)
• compact
• doc (documentation)
• HM.xcodeproj
• lib (libraries)
• source (source files)

The“build”contains the projects files like .sln for visual studio projects (in Windows)and Makefiles (in Linux).  The“source” folder contains all the C/C++ source files,headers and libraries required the execute the code. The“cfg”folder contains the configurations files which are generally used to avoid inputing large command line arguments at the time of execution. Once
the files have been compiled another folder “bin”will appear which will contain the binaries i.e. the executable files. Depending on the system configurations (i.e processor, RAM ,HDD size etc..) the time required to complete the execution may vary. It is recommended to use a system with good configurations.

• Windows

In windows,the visual studio express(preferred 64 bit)software is used for compilation of the project.The Project files are present in the build folder with a .sln extension. While opening the visual studio project, a set of projects will be displayed on the solution explorer.First the solution of these projects must be built.
To build the solution of these projects simply click F7 or right click and select build solution and the executional files will be created. Now to select a particular project e.g. the encoder project “TAppEncoderStatic” first right click on the project and select ‘Set as Startup Project’. Next right click on the project and select properties go to configuration properties and select the
debugging tab.The Command arguments are already added however if not simply check the software manual in section 3.

Using the encoder it will show that has to be written. Command Prompt can also be used by going to the directory and using the command

 TAppEncoder.exe [-c config file] [--parameter value] 

E.g.         TAppEncoder.exe -c BasketBallDrill.cfg -c encoder_lowdelay_main.cfg

Using this command the following outputs should appear if not then an error has occurred.

• Linux

In Linux, open the terminal and go to the linux directory and type the command ‘make’. It will compile the code and generate executable files.These executable files can be used in the terminal by using the following command 

 ./TAppEncoder [-c config file] [--parameter value] 

  

E.g.           ./TAppEncoder -c BasketBallDrill.cfg -c encoder_lowdelay_main.cfg