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H.264/AVC

Last updated May 16, 2025, generated by Sumble

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What is H.264/AVC?

H.264/AVC (Advanced Video Coding) is a video compression standard, known for achieving high video quality at relatively low bitrates. It is widely used for recording, compressing, and distributing video content, including Blu-ray discs, streaming video services, and broadcast television.

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What other technologies are related to H.264/AVC?

H.264/AVC Competitor Technologies

H.265/HEVC is a video compression standard that competes with H.264/AVC, offering better compression efficiency.

mentioned alongside H.264/AVC in 81% (130) of relevant job posts

AV1 is a royalty-free video coding format and a competitor to H.264/AVC.

mentioned alongside H.264/AVC in 7% (83) of relevant job posts

MPEG-2 is an older video coding standard that was a predecessor and a competitor to H.264/AVC.

mentioned alongside H.264/AVC in 10% (52) of relevant job posts

HEVC (High Efficiency Video Coding) is the same as H.265 and is a video compression standard that competes with H.264/AVC.

mentioned alongside H.264/AVC in 4% (78) of relevant job posts

H.264/AVC Complementary Technologies

MP4 is a container format commonly used to store video encoded with H.264/AVC, so it is a complementary technology.

mentioned alongside H.264/AVC in 8% (85) of relevant job posts

AAC is an audio coding standard often used alongside H.264/AVC in video streams.

mentioned alongside H.264/AVC in 6% (107) of relevant job posts

FFmpeg is a multimedia framework that can be used to encode, decode, and transcode video, including H.264/AVC, and thus is a complementary tool.

mentioned alongside H.264/AVC in 2% (88) of relevant job posts

Which job functions mention H.264/AVC?

Job function

Jobs mentioning H.264/AVC

Orgs mentioning H.264/AVC

Engineer

0% (209) job posts

27 organizations

Software Engineer

0% (111) job posts

33 organizations

Hardware Engineer

0% (15) job posts

3 organizations

Performance Engineer

0% (10) job posts

2 organizations

Chip Designer

0% (9) job posts

3 organizations

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