H.261

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H.261 is an early international video compression standard developed by the ITU-T for real-time video conferencing over ISDN and similar networks.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ITU-T Recommendation
video compression standard
alsoKnownAs Px64
approvedInYear 1990
bitrateRange 64 kbit/s to 2 Mbit/s multiples of 64 kbit/s
category lossy compression
colorSpace YCbCr
compressionType temporal and spatial redundancy reduction
designedForNetwork ISDN NERFINISHED
developedBy CCITT NERFINISHED
ITU-T NERFINISHED
domain digital video coding
firstPublishedInYear 1990
influenced H.263 NERFINISHED
H.264 NERFINISHED
MPEG-1 Video NERFINISHED
MPEG-2 Video NERFINISHED
intendedUseCase real-time interactive communication
latencyCharacteristic low-latency coding suitable for conversational services
primaryUseEra 1990s
region international standard
replacedBy H.263 NERFINISHED
H.264 NERFINISHED
scanFormat interlaced video support via progressive source coding tools
standardizedBy ITU-T Study Group 15 NERFINISHED
standardNumber ITU-T Recommendation H.261 NERFINISHED
status largely obsolete
supportsAudioAssociation often used with ISDN audio codecs in conferencing systems
supportsBitrateMultiple p x 64 kbit/s
supportsChromaFormat 4:2:0 planar
supportsColorSampling 4:2:0
supportsErrorResilienceFeatures limited compared to later standards
supportsFrameRate up to 30 frames per second
supportsPictureFormat CIF 352x288
QCIF 176x144
supportsResolution CIF NERFINISHED
QCIF
targetApplication video conferencing
video telephony
usesBlockSize 8x8 DCT blocks
usesCompressionType block-based hybrid video coding
usesEntropyCoding variable-length coding
usesGOPStructure sequences of intra and inter pictures
usesMacroblockStructure 16x16 luma macroblocks
usesMotionCompensation inter-frame motion-compensated prediction
usesPictureTypes inter-coded pictures
intra-coded pictures
usesTransform discrete cosine transform

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H.263 predecessor H.261
NetMeeting videoCodec H.261