H. 264/AVC is newest video coding standard of the ITU-T Video Coding Experts Group and
the ISO/IEC Moving Picture Experts Group. The main goals of the H. 264/AVC
standardization effort have been enhanced compression performance and provision of a"
network-friendly" video representation addressing" conversational"(video telephony) and"
nonconversational"(storage, broadcast, or streaming) applications. H. 264/AVC has
achieved a significant improvement in rate-distortion efficiency relative to existing standards …

H. 264/MPEG-4 AVC is the latest coding standard jointly developed by the Video Coding
Experts Group (VCEG) of ITU-T and Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) of ISO/IEC. It
uses state of the art coding tools and provides enhanced coding efficiency for a wide range
of applications including video telephony, video conferencing, TV, storage (DVD and/or hard
disk based), streaming video, digital video creation, digital cinema and others. In this paper
an overview of this standard is provided. Some comparisons with the existing standards …