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Difference between X264 and H.264?

AstroBenny
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I'm really confused about this stuff. My understanding is that H.264 is a video codec while X264 is a program to encode the H.264 video? If H.264 is a video codec, how come you don't see files named .H264?

Also, I thought a codec stood for compressor-decompresser. So surely H.264 doesn't need a program to encode it (X264) because H.264 is a compressor in itself..............................................

 

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Huh? Isn't H.264 the compression method? Idk much about this stuff myself so I'll be hanging around here

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h.264 a standard codec for vedeo compression (it's video only)

EDIT: my bad x.264 is the library

 

A .mp4 is a container that is made up of a h.264 and a .aac file for video and audio.

 

That's why you don't see any .h264 files around

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h.264 a standard codec for vedeo compression (it's video only)

EDIT: my bad x.264 is the library

 

A .mp4 is a container that is made up of a h.264 and a .aac file for video and audio.

 

That's why you don't see any .h264 files around

What do you mean by library?

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