Comparison of H.264 and VC-1

H.264 and VC-1 are popular video compression standards gaining use in the industry as of 2007^[update].

Overview

Terminology

All sources for the below information are from the respective specifications listed in the overview section.

Features

References

1. Loomis, Jay; Mike Wasson. "VC-1 Technical Overview". Microsoft.
2. SMPTE Technology Committee C24 on Video Compression Technology (2005-08-23). SMPTE421M: SMPTE Draft Standard for Television. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
3. "VC-1 Patent Portfolio License Briefing". MPEG LA. 2007-11-05. Archived from the original (PowerPoint) on 2007-09-27.
4. "Windows Media Licensing Royalties for Final Products". Microsoft.
5. "AVC Patent Portfolio License Briefing". MPEG LA. 2007-12-12. Archived from the original (PowerPoint) on 2007-07-31.
6. "AVC/H264 Licensing costs and terms from MPEG LA". Archived from the original on 2010-05-07. Retrieved 2010-04-05.
7. "H.264: Advanced video coding for generic audiovisual services". March 2003.
8. "H.264/AVC Software Coordination".
9. Goldman, Matthew; Alois Bock. "Advanced Compression Technologies for High Definition" (PDF). TANDBERG Television.^{[permanent dead link]}

External links

• AVC/H264 Licensing costs and terms from MPEG LA
• EEtimes comparison of video codecs [1]
• NAB2005 presentation: codec comparison slides 13-14 at the Library of Congress Web Archives (archived 2014-01-18)
• Codec challenge comparison on Doom9 with professional VC1 encoder, PeP, and x264 for H264 => x264 win the first round
• Microsoft employee discusses differences between VC-1 and H.264
• Comparison at Doom9