H264 codec

[neo]

What is H264 codec all about? From what I am reading it is much superior to MPEG4 and should be available this year.

[neo]

Does anyone know of an H264 site or forum?

[firetoad]

Check out mainconcept.com. It is a codec that is being developed by them and will be released later this year.

Bad Wording Edit:

What I should have said was, they are developing an H.264 codec and they will release it later this year. Figured they would be as good of a place as any to start learning about the H.264 codec.

[DJRumpy]

I'd suggest you search on Google. Other than the fact that it's an Intel Videoconferencing codec, I don't know anything about it. If it's as impressive as the other intel codecs, then I wouldn't get too excited...

Video Conferencing codecs are usuall low bitrate for traffic over the internet, and not something that would be useful around a forum like this.

[ray08]

H264 is what Divx wants to be. It is based on Mpeg4 and has many names. Earlier today, I wrote to Mainconcept and asked them to update their website for a new expected release date for their H264 codec. I also know the divx guys are working on their version of h264. It has the same performance capabilities as Mpeg2 (DVD) at less than half (39%) of the bitrate. Of course, it has a price...speed, or lack of it. It will make divx look like real-time. A first-attempt codec is available from VSS for demo use. http://vsofts.com/codec/h264.html