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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]].
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]]
* [[High Efficiency Video Coding|H.265/HEVC]]

Latest revision as of 08:42, 9 April 2019

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