This page contains information on the 264 file extension (H.264 Raw Files), a popular video file format
| File extension | .264 |
| Category | Video File |
| Description | The H.264/264 video format was developed to provide good quality video at a lower bitrate level. The format has a large range of applications that attempt to cover video solutions from Internet streaming applications through to HDTV broadcasting with near lossless coding. |
| Actions | Convert 264 file View other video file formats |
| Technical Details | H.264/264 contains a number of features that allow it to compress video more effectively than previously. The main advantage of H.264 is the compression rate which is about twice as effective as MPEG-4. The image quality is a lot better and as such playback is more fluent, added to this the lower bit rate for network transmission means that it is widely adopted. |
| Associated programs | VideoLAN VLC Media Player |
| Developed by | International Telecommunications Union and International Organization for Standardization/International Electrotechnical Commission Moving Picture Experts Group |
| MIME type | video/H264 |
| Useful links | More information about the 264/H.264 file type Convert 264 file |
Convert 264 file
Using Zamzar it is possible to convert 264 files to a variety of other formats
- 264 to 3gp (3GPP Multimedia File)
- 264 to 3g2 (3GPP2 Multimedia File)
- 264 to aac (Advanced Audio Coding File)
- 264 to ac3 (AC3 Audio File)
- 264 to avi (Windows video file)
- 264 to flac (Free Lossless Audio Codec)
- 264 to gif (Compuserve graphics interchange)
- 264 to ipad (MPEG-4 (H264) Video File)
- 264 to iphone (MPEG-4 (H264) Video File)
- 264 to ipod (MPEG-4 Video File)
- 264 to mp3 (Compressed audio file)
- 264 to mov (Apple QuickTime Movie)
- 264 to mp4 (MPEG-4 Video File)
- 264 to mpg (Moving Picture Experts Group File)
- 264 to ogg (Ogg Vorbis Compressed Audio File)
- 264 to wav (Windows audio file)
- 264 to webm (Multimedia Container Format)
- 264 to wmv (Windows Media Video)
