H.264 is a standard for video compression, and is equivalent to MPEG-4 Part 10, or MPEG-4 AVC (for Advanced Video Coding). As of 2008, it is the latest block-oriented motion-compensation-based codec standard developed by the ITU-T Video Coding Experts Group (VCEG) together with the ISO/IEC Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG), and it was the product of a partnership effort known as the Joint Video Team (JVT). The ITU-T H.264 standard and the ISO/IEC MPEG-4 Part 10 standard (formally, ISO/IEC 14496-10) are jointly maintained so that they have identical technical content. The final drafting work on the first version of the standard was completed in May 2003.H.264/AVC/MPEG-4 Part 10 contains a number of new features that allow it to compress video much more effectively than older standards and to provide more flexibility for application to a wide variety of network environments.
H.264/AVC has experienced widespread adoption within a few years of the completion of the standard. It is employed widely in applications ranging from television broadcast to video for mobile devices. In order to ensure compatibility and problem-free adoption of H.264/AVC, many standards bodies have amended or added to their video-related standards so that users of these standards can employ H.264/AVC.
Both the Blu-ray Disc format and the now-discontinued HD DVD format include the H.264/AVC High Profile as one of 3 mandatory video compression codecs. Sony has also chosen this format for their Memory Stick Video format.
Source: Wikipedia
And here is a collection of links for further reading
- Iain Richardson's Vcodex.com H.264 articles and tutorials
- DivX.xom's H.264 info and explanation
- Apple/Quicktime H.264 FAQ
- Digital-digest h.264 playback guide
- Answers.com h.264 topics
- Technical comparison between H.264 and VC-1 (Wikipedia)
- Pixeltools.com "Why the buzz about H.264?" article
- h264info.com's description
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