What is h264/avc?

H.264/AVC largely shrinks media files and makes videos distribute quickly over the internet so that we can watch YouTube videos, Netflix series, and Twitch lives at any time and anywhere. But before 2013, enabling real-time video natively on the web was not this easy.

What is MPEG 4 Advanced Video Coding (AVC)?

Thank you. MPEG-4 Advanced Video Coding (AVC), also known as ITU-T H.264, is a standard for video compression that can provide good video quality at substantially lower bit rates than previous standards (for example, half or less the bit rate of MPEG-2, H.263, or MPEG-4).

How to play videos with H264 codec in Windows Media Player?

How to Play Videos with H.264 Codec in Windows Media Player? 1 Method 1. Upgrade to the Latest Window Media Player 12. The latest Windows Media Player 12 has added native support for H.264, MP4, and more other formats and codecs. 2 Method 2. Install K-Lite Codec Pack on Windows. 3 Method 3. Convert H.264 to Other Common Formats

Why is AVC better than other video codecs?

The primary reason was that AVC delivered the best video quality at that time while at a much lower data rate than its peers. Another reason for H.264 availability in it was that, many companies around the world had announced to use this coding scheme to interoperate with each other.