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H.264/AVC

A video codec, defined in the MPEG-4 Part 10 standard, which produces high-quality video at low data rates by using a combination of advanced intra- and inter-frame compression techniques. Often known simply as H.264.


MPEG-4

A multi-part standard, including several video and audio codecs and a file format, designed to support a range of multimedia data at bit rates from 10 kbits per second to 300 Mbits per second or higher.


MPEG-4 Part 2

A video codec that is a refinement of MPEG-2, now superseded by H.264/AVC.


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