AVC File Documentation

Overview

Feature Value
Full Name MPEG-4 Advanced Video Coding (AVC)
Standard ISO/IEC 14496-10
Alias H.264
Compression Type Lossy
MIME Type video/h264
File Extension .mp4, .m4v, .mkv, .avi (among others)
Efficiency High Compression Rate
Resolution Supported Up to 8K
Bit Depth 8-bit, 10-bit
Color Profiles 4:2:0, 4:2:2, 4:4:4
Frame Rates Variable (up to 120 fps and beyond)
Profiles Baseline, Main, High, High 10, High 4:2:2, High 4:4:4 Predictive
Level System Defines performance and features (e.g., Level 4.1 for Full HD)
Main Application Streaming, Blu-ray, Broadcast
Hardware Acceleration Widely Supported
Encoding Methods CABAC (Context-based Adaptive Binary Arithmetic Coding), CAVLC (Context-based Adaptive Variable Length Coding)
Intra-frame Coding Uses predictive coding for each frame
Inter-frame Coding Uses past and/or future frames to reduce redundancy
Rate Control Modes Constant Bit Rate (CBR), Variable Bit Rate (VBR)
Scalability Spatial, Temporal, Quality (SNR), Bitrate
Adaptive Streaming Support Yes (e.g., MPEG-DASH)
Multi-Stream Capability Supports multiple video streams in a single file