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H.264 video
File type: Digital video and movie file
Files with h264 extension can be most notably found as video files encoded using MPEG-4 H.264 codec. H.264 is often used to transport video in high quality through 3G networks to mobile devices.
File type category:
Digital video and movie file
Date updated: July 13, 2025
File extension h264 is associated with video files that stores video content in H.264 video format. H.264 video codec was introduced with Apple QuickTime version 7.
H.264 codec is a part of MPEG-4 standard and is used to transport video in high quality through 3G networks to mobile devices. H264 video uses for example Apple iChat for video conferencing.
H.264 codec uses innovations in video compression technology to provide the best video quality from the smallest amount of video data. H.264 delivers the same quality as MPEG-2 at a third to half the data rate and up to four times the frame size of MPEG-4 Part 2 at the same data rate.
Use Apple QuickTime or MPlayer to play video files in H.264 video file format.
Use any video converter, such as Freemake Video Converter, Miro Video Converter etc. to convert H264 video to any other video file format.
Apps designed for playing h264 files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Linux/Unix
Software apps that convert h264 files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Multiplatform
Software apps that import h264 files:
Microsoft Windows
Multiplatform
Software apps that export h264 files:
Multiplatform
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