Open H264 File

An H264 file is a video file encoded with compression using the H.264 protocol, which defines a popular format for high definition video.

H264 is basically a video compression codec that requires a video container to host the encoded video.

This means that H264 files can be of type MP4, AVI or MKV.

This format is very common in camcorders, HDTV, Blu-Ray and DVD.

The H264 codec or MPEG-4 standard defines a type of high compression video, jointly developed by the Video Coding Experts Group belonging to the ITU-T1 and the Moving Picture Experts Group belonging to ISO / IEC.

The objective of the H264 project was to create a standard related to image quality without increasing the complexity of its design.

To use the H264 codec it is necessary to have one of the following software installed on your system:

How to open H264 files

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