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=== HEVC === | === HEVC === | ||
High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC, also known as H.265) is the successor to H.264. Together with AVC, VP9 and AV1, it is one of the latest standards that yield significantly better compression rates than H.264. However, support is still far from universal and you may experience performance issues in some programs or on some devices. Therefore, we do not advise storing your videos in these formats unless it is for archival purposes only. | High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC, also known as H.265) is the successor to H.264. Together with AVC, VP9 and AV1, it is one of the latest standards that yield significantly better compression rates than H.264. However, support is still far from universal and you may experience performance issues in some programs or on some devices. Therefore, we do not advise storing your videos in these formats unless it is for archival purposes only. | ||
=== Container Formats === | |||
The container format determines what extension your video file will have, and provides information about how the video data is structured. Video container formats are often independent from codecs! So you can't always tell which codec is used by looking at the file extension. This sometimes leads to playback errors, when your software is able to open a container, but not able to decode the video data inside. Or visa-versa, like [[#Presentation|Presentation]]. So it's important to choose both the right codec AND right container for your videos! | |||
Some container formats offer more features than others. A comparison of the most common video formats is found here: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_video_container_formats] | |||
When using the H.264 or HEVC codec, the most common container format is MP4. | |||
== Software support == | == Software support == | ||