| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Developed by |
International Telecommunications Union and International Organization for Standardization/International Electrotechnical Commission Moving Picture Experts Group |
| MIME type |
video/H264 |
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| Useful links |
More information about the 264/H.264 file type
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