ISO/IEC 23008-5:2017 provides accompanying reference software for Rec. ITU-T H.265 | ISO/IEC 23008-2 as an electronic attachment. The software is an integral part of this document.

The use of this reference software is not required for making an implementation of an encoder or decoder in conformance to Rec. ITU-T H.265 | ISO/IEC 23008-2. Requirements established in Rec. ITU-T H.265 | ISO/IEC 23008-2 take precedence over the behaviour of the reference software.