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H.264 Level Calculator
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<title>H.264 Level Calculator</title>
<style>
textarea {
width: 640px;
height: 360px;
}
label, input {
margin: 1em;
}
</style>
<script src='http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.6.4/jquery.min.js'></script>
<script>
var startParams = {
width: 640,
height: 360,
framerate: 29.97
}
var levels = {
'1': 1485,
'1b': 1485,
'1.1': 3000,
'1.2': 6000,
'1.3': 11880,
'2': 11880,
'2.1': 19800,
'2.2': 20250,
'3': 40500,
'3.1': 108000,
'3.2': 216000,
'4': 245760,
'4.1': 245760,
'4.2': 522240,
'5': 589824,
'5.1': 983040
}
$(document).ready(function() {
$.each(startParams, function(name, value) {
$('form').append("<div><label for='" + name + "'>" + name + "</lable><input type='text' name='" + name + "' value='" + value + "'/></div>");
});
$('form').append("<input type='submit'/>");
});
function calculate() {
try {
var width = $("input[name='width']").val();
var height = $("input[name='height']").val();
var framerate = $("input[name='framerate']").val();
var macroblocks = Math.ceil( width / 16 ) * Math.ceil( height / 16 ) * framerate;
var level = 'unknown';
$.each(levels, function(levelName, levelMacroblocks) {
if (levelMacroblocks > macroblocks) {
if (levels[level] === undefined || levelMacroblocks < levels[level]) {
level = levelName;
}
}
});
log(width + 'x' + height + '@' + framerate + ': level => ' + level);
} catch (err) {
console.log(err);
}
return false;
}
function log(msg) {
$('#log').append(msg + '\n');
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form onsubmit='return calculate();'></form>
<textarea id="log"></textarea>
</body>
</html>
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moret commented Sep 14, 2011

Based on Wikipedia's "Levels with maximum property values" table at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.264/MPEG-4_AVC 2011-09-14

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