H.261

h261	This is a video codec. The name to use at the command line is h261. VLC can encode using this codec. This codec is from the avcodec module.

H.261 is an ITU-T standard for video compression. It is the first standard in the H.26x series, and the first usable video codec standard; it was preceded only by the experimental H.120 standard that never saw any use. It was succeeded by H.262/MPEG-2 Part 2.

See also

• H.261
• H.262/MPEG-2 Part 2
• H.263
• H.264/MPEG-4 AVC
• H.265/HEVC