MATLAB vs x264
A side-by-side look at MATLAB and x264. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.
MATLAB
Development
MATLAB is a proprietary programming language and interactive environment for numerical computation, visualization, and programming. It allows matrix manipulations, plotting of functions and data, implementation of algorithms, creation of user interfaces, and interfacing with programs written in other languages.
matrix-manipulationnumerical-computingvisualizationalgorithms
x264
Video & Movies
x264 is an open source software library for encoding H.264/MPEG-4 AVC video streams. It is free, fast, and produces high quality H.264 video while maintaining good compression. x264 is used in many applications from web streaming to Blu-Ray encoding.
h264mpeg4avcvideo-encodingopen-source