About H.264  H.264/AVC is the new emerging compression video standard, that brings a 50% bitrate saving over the well established MPEG-2.

The ITU (International Telecommunications Union) and ISO (International Organization for Standardization) have agreed to develop together the H.264/AVC standard, because of its large momentum. As a consequence, the H.264/AVC standard is known by many different names: H.26L, MPEG-4 part 10, AVC, JVT
and H.264/AVC.

Markets & Applications

Wireless (Mobile) Communication
Wire-line, real-time Conferencing/Videophone
Internet/Streaming applications
Broadcast Media over cable, DSL, satellite…
Packetized Media (e.g. DVD Movies)
Consumer Electronics (DVD Players, Video Walkmans, PDA, Mobile Phones,…. type of devices)

Related links

Digital Video Broadcasting project www.dvb.org
Advanced Television Systems Committee www.atsc.org
Internet Streaming Media Alliance www.isma.tv
International Telecommunication Union www.itu.int/home
MPEG4 Industry forum www.m4if.org
MPEG Technology Site www.mpegla.com
DVD Forum www.dvdforum.com
3rd Generation Partnership Project www.3gpp.org
JVT Expert: http://ftp3.itu.ch/av-arch/jvt-site/
Reference software models: http://bs.hhi.de/~suehring/tml/download/