H.264

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MPEG-4 AVC video codec video compression standard

H.264 is a widely used video compression standard known for delivering high-quality video at relatively low bitrates, commonly employed in streaming, broadcasting, and video recording.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
MPEG-4 AVC 3
ITU-T Recommendation H.264 2
Advanced Video Coding 1

Statements (85)

Predicate Object
instanceOf MPEG-4 AVC ⓘ
video codec ⓘ
video compression standard ⓘ
abbreviationOf H.264 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: ISO/IEC 14496-10

H.264 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: ITU-T Recommendation H.264
alsoKnownAs H.264 ⓘ
surface form: MPEG-4 AVC

H.264 ⓘ
surface form: MPEG-4 Part 10
bitDepthSupport 10-bit ⓘ
8-bit ⓘ
colorSamplingSupport 4:2:0 ⓘ
4:2:2 ⓘ
4:4:4 ⓘ
commonlyUsedIn Vimeo (historically, prior to spin-off) ⓘ
surface form: Vimeo

YouTube ⓘ
digital television broadcasting ⓘ
mobile video recording ⓘ
video streaming services ⓘ
containerFormat AVI ⓘ
MP4 ⓘ
MPEG-TS ⓘ
Matroska ⓘ
QuickTime ⓘ
designGoal good video quality at low bitrates ⓘ
higher compression efficiency than MPEG-2 ⓘ
developedBy Joint Video Team ⓘ
fileExtension .avi ⓘ
.m4v ⓘ
.mkv ⓘ
.mov ⓘ
.mp4 ⓘ
.ts ⓘ
firstStandardizedIn 2003 ⓘ
fullName H.264 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Advanced Video Coding
hasEntropyCodingMode CABAC ⓘ
CAVLC ⓘ
hasLevel Level 1 ⓘ
Level 1.1 ⓘ
Level 1.2 ⓘ
Level 1.3 ⓘ
Level 2 ⓘ
Level 3 ⓘ
Level 3.1 ⓘ
Level 4 ⓘ
Level 4.1 ⓘ
Level 4.2 ⓘ
Level 5 ⓘ
Level 5.1 ⓘ
Level 5.2 ⓘ
hasProfile Baseline Profile ⓘ
Extended Profile ⓘ
High 10 Profile ⓘ
High 4:2:2 Profile ⓘ
H.264 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: High 4:4:4 Predictive Profile

High Profile ⓘ
Main Profile ⓘ
optimizedFor high-definition video ⓘ
low bitrate video ⓘ
predecessor H.263 ⓘ
standardizedBy ISO/IEC ⓘ
ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector ⓘ
surface form: ITU-T
successor H.265 ⓘ
H.265 ⓘ
surface form: HEVC
supports B-frames ⓘ
CABAC entropy coding ⓘ
CAVLC entropy coding ⓘ
constant bitrate encoding ⓘ
deblocking filter ⓘ
inter-frame prediction ⓘ
interlaced video ⓘ
intra-frame prediction ⓘ
multiple reference frames ⓘ
progressive video ⓘ
quarter-pixel motion compensation ⓘ
variable bitrate encoding ⓘ
supportsResolutionUpTo 4096x2304 ⓘ
4K class resolutions ⓘ
usedFor Blu-ray Disc video ⓘ
broadcast television ⓘ
internet video distribution ⓘ
video conferencing ⓘ
video recording ⓘ
video streaming ⓘ
usedInStandard ATSC broadcasting standards ⓘ
Blu-ray Disc format ⓘ
surface form: Blu-ray Disc specification

DVB broadcasting standards ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

H.264 → abbreviationOf → H.264 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: ITU-T Recommendation H.264
H.264 → abbreviationOf → H.264 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: ISO/IEC 14496-10
H.264 → alsoKnownAs → H.264 ⓘ
this entity surface form: MPEG-4 Part 10
H.264 → alsoKnownAs → H.264 ⓘ
this entity surface form: MPEG-4 AVC
H.264 → fullName → H.264 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Advanced Video Coding
this entity surface form: ITU-T Recommendation H.264
H.264 → hasProfile → H.264 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: High 4:4:4 Predictive Profile
H.265 → successorOf → H.264 ⓘ
Final Cut Pro → supports → H.264 ⓘ
subject surface form: Blu-ray Disc
this entity surface form: H.264/AVC
DVB-T2 → supportsVideoCodec → H.264 ⓘ
this entity surface form: MPEG-4 AVC
Tandberg → technology → H.264 ⓘ
subject surface form: Saorview
this entity surface form: MPEG-4 AVC