Files with h260 extension can be found as video recordings from some IP cameras that uses Intel ITU H.260 video codec.

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H260 file extension - Video recording

What is h260 file? How to open h260 files?

File type specification:

Digital video and movie file type icon Digital video and movie file type

File extension h260 is associated with the Intel ITU H.260 codec used by some devices , like IP cameras that record videos with the h260 file extension and save them on SD card.

It is reported that Intel ITU H.260 was also used to encode video by some videoconferencing tools and osprey products for Mac.

Intel ITU H.260 is obsolete product.

This h260 file type entry was marked as obsolete and no longer supported file format.

This type of file is no longer actively used and is most likely obsolete. This is typically the case for system files in old operating systems, file types from long discontinued software, or previous versions of certain file types (like documents, projects etc.) that were replaced in higher versions of their original programs.

Updated: April 21, 2024

The default software associated to open h260 file:

VLC media player icon

VideoLAN Project Team logoVLC media player  Microsoft Windows software

Company or developer:
VideoLAN Project Team

Very popular multimedia player developed for Windows, Apple Mac, Linux, Unix and various other operating systems and platforms.

VLC can playback many of the video formats (AVI, MKV, OGV, WMV, ASF, MOV...) and audio formats (MP3, AAC, M4A, OGG, FLAC...) as well as support of subtitles for video. It can also be used as a streaming server and multimedia transcoder.

QuickTime Player for Mac icon

Apple, Inc. logoQuickTime Player for Mac  Apple macOS / Mac OS X software

Company or developer:
Apple, Inc.

QuickTime Player is a native part of Apple's Mac OS X and macOS operating system. QuickTime Player is a great application for playing media content, including HD (high definition) video and supports many modern codecs and file formats.

Help how to open:

VLC player supposedly can playback these files.

How to convert:

Some video converters may be able to transform .h260 files to other video formats.

List of recommended software applications associated to the .h260 file extension

Recommended software programs are sorted by OS platform (Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android etc.)
and possible program actions that can be done with the file: like open h260 file, edit h260 file, convert h260 file, view h260 file, play h260 file etc. (if exist software for corresponding action in File-Extensions.org's database).

h260 file players - programs that can play h260 file - Video recording

Programs supporting the exension h260 on the main platforms Windows, Mac, Linux or mobile. Click on the link to get more information about listed programs for play h260 file action.

Microsoft Windows:

Apple macOS / Mac OS X:

Main software associated with h260 file by default:
QuickTime Player for Mac small icon QuickTime Player for Mac
Other suggested software:
VLC media player for Mac small icon VLC media player for Mac

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