Download of x264 17.1.0.572 was on the developer's website when we last checked. We cannot confirm if there is a free download of this software available.
Commonly, this program's installer has the following filenames: PCLink V2_24.exe, Open Server x64.exe, RemoteLink.exe, ReviewPlayer.exe and Rgui.exe etc. This free PC program is compatible with Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10/11 environment, 32 and 64-bit versions. X264 belongs to Multimedia Tools. This free program is a product of VideoLAN, VLC. The most popular versions of the software are 17.1, 16.1 and 16.0. We recommend checking the downloaded files with any free antivirus.
From the developer:
x264 is a free software library and application for encoding video streams into the H.264/MPEG-4 AVC format, and is released under the terms of the GNU GPL.
Provides best-in-class performance, compression, and features.
Gives the best quality, having the most advanced psychovisual optimizations.
You may want to check out more software, such as TMPGEnc Movie Plug-in AVC for Premiere Pro, Cole2k Media - Codec Pack Standard or Quick AVI Creator, which might be similar to x264.