

In general, H.264 video is encoded with the audio compressed with the AAC codec. H.264 is commonly produced in the MPEG-4 container format, using file extension like.

As a video codec, it can be incorporated into multiple container formats.

H264 is a video compression standard based on block-oriented, motion-compensated integer-DCT coding.Ĭompared with the previous standards, H.264 can offer a good video quality at substantially lower bit rates. It is the most widely used codec for the recording, compression, and distribution of video content by far. The H.264 and AVC terms mean the same thing and are interchangeable. H.264, also referred to as AVC (Advanced Video Coding) or MPEG-4 Part 10, Advanced Video Coding.
