ABSTRACT
H.264 is the newest digital video codec standard, which is noted for achieving very high data compression at high quality levels. The standard was a joint collaborative effort between the ISO/IEC Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) and the ITU-T Video Coding Experts Group (VCEG). The team responsible for the development and evolution of the standard is known as the Joint Video Team (JVT) and officially the standard is known as H.264 by the ITU-T and MPEG-4 Part 10 by the ISO/IEC. In comparison to existing standards, H.264 can match the best possible quality produced by an MPEG2 codec at up to half the data rate and it also outperforms other video coding standards such as MPEG4 in terms of Rate Distortion (RD) performance in a wide range of bandwidth rates.
