H.264, also known as MPEG-4 Part 10 or AVC (Advanced Video Coding), is a video compression standard used in digital video and multimedia applications. It is designed to compress video data in a way that reduces the amount of data needed to store or transmit video while maintaining a high level of visual quality. H.264 is widely used in digital TV, Blu-ray discs, and video streaming services like YouTube and Netflix. One of the main advantages of using H.264 is that it allows for efficient compression of video data, resulting in smaller file sizes and faster transmission over networks compared to previous video compression standards.
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