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.
Software that open h264 file
H264 file extension - H.264 video
What is h264 file? How to open h264 files?
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.
Updated: January 20, 2025
The default software associated to open h264 file:
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.
List of software applications associated to the .h264 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 h264 file, edit h264 file, convert h264 file, view h264 file, play h264 file etc. (if exist software for corresponding action in File-Extensions.org's database).
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h264 file players - programs that can play h264 file - H.264 video
Programs supporting the exension h264 on the main platforms Windows, Mac, Linux or mobile. Click on the link to get more information about listed programs for play h264 file action.
Microsoft Windows:
Main software associated with h264 file by default: VLC media player
Other suggested software: Apple QuickTime (obsolete/discontinued)
MPlayer
Cyberlink PowerDVD
Apple iTunes for Windows