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To begin, I should explain some introductory concepts related to H.264 video.

What is H.264?

What is H.264/AVC H.264/Advanced Video Coding (AVC) is an industry standard for video compression. The H.264 standard is also known as MPEG-4 Part 10 and is a successor to earlier standards such as MPEG-2 and MPEG-4. An ITU standard for compressing video based on MPEG-4 that is popular, especially for high-definition video.

H.264 is a video compression standard known as MPEG-4 Part 10, or MPEG-4 AVC (for 'advanced video coding'). It's a joint standard promulgated by the ITU-T Video Coding Experts Group (VCEG) and the ISO/IEC Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG).

H.264's audio sidekick is AAC (advanced audio coding), which is designated MPEG-4 Part 3. Both H.264 and AAC are technically MPEG-4 codecs—though it's more accurate to call them by their specific names—and compatible bitstreams should conform to the requirements of Part 14 of the MPEG-4 spec.

According to Part 14, MPEG-4 files containing both audio and video, including those with H.264/AAC, should use the .mp4 extension, while audio-only files should use .m4a and video-only files should use .m4v. Different vendors have adopted a range of extensions that are recognized by their proprietary players, such as Apple with .m4p for files using FairPlay Digital Rights Management and .m4r for iPhone ringtones. (Mobile phones use the .3gp and .3g2 extensions, though I don't discuss producing for mobile phones in this article.)

Like MPEG-2, H.264 uses three types of frames, meaning that each group of pictures (GOP) is comprised of I-, B-, and P-frames, with I-frames like the DCT-based compression used in DV and B- and P-frames referencing redundancies in other frames to increase compression. I'll cover much more on this later in this article.

Like most video coding standards, H.264 actually standardizes only the 'central decoder..such that every decoder conforming to the standard will produce similar output when given an encoded bitstream that conforms to the constraints of the standard,' according to Overview of the H.264/AVC Video Coding Standard published in IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology (ITCSVT). Basically, this means that there's no standardized H.264 encoder. In fact, H.264 encoding vendors can utilize a range of different techniques to optimize video quality, so long as the bitstream plays on the target player. This is one of the key reasons that H.264 encoding interfaces vary so significantly among the various tools.

Will there be royalties?

If you stream H.264 encoded video after December 31, 2010, there may be an associated royalty obligation. As yet, however, it's undefined and uncertain. Here's an overview of what's known about royalties to date.

Briefly, H.264 was developed by a group of patent holders now represented by the MPEG Licensing Suthoring, or MPEG-LA for short. According to the Summary of AVC/H.264 License Terms(PDF, 34K) you can download from the MPEG-LA site, there are three classes of video producers subject to a potential royalty obligation.

If you're in the first two classes, and are either distributing via pay-per-view or subscription, you may already owe MPEG-LA royalties. The third group, which is clearly the largest, is for free Internet broadcast. Here, there will be no royalties until December 31, 2010 (source: AVC/H.264 License Agreement). After that, 'the royalty shall be no more than the economic equivalent of royalties payable during the same time for free television.'

According to their website, MPEG-LA must disclose licensing terms at least one year before they become due, or no later than December 31, 2009. Until then, we're unfortunately in the dark as to which uses of H.264 video will incur royalties, and the extent of these charges. For more information on H.264-related royalties, check out my article, The Future's So Bright: H.264 Year in Review, at StreamingMedia.com.

H.264 and Flash Player

As I mentioned, Adobe added H.264 playback support to Adobe Flash Player 9 Update 3 back in 2007. The apparent goal was to support the widest possible variation of files containing H.264 encoded video, and Flash Player should play.mp4, .m4v, .m4a, .mov, and .3gp files, H.264 files using the .flv extension, as well as files using the newer extensions that were released along with Flash Player 9 (see Table 1).

Table 1. File extensions for H.264 files produced for Flash Player playback

I'll describe profiles and levels in the next section. For now, understand that Flash Player supports the Baseline, Main, High, and High 10 H.264 profiles with no levels excluded. Accordingly, when you're producing H.264 video for Flash Player, you're free to choose the most advanced profile supported by the encoding tool, which is typically the High profile. On the audio side, Flash Player can play AAC Main, AAC Low Complexity, and AAC SBR (spectral band replication), which is otherwise known as High-Efficiency-AAC, or HE-AAC.

Producing H.264 video

You have seen that you have nearly complete flexibility regarding profiles and extensions; what else do you need to know before you dig into the details? A couple of things.

First, unlike VP6, which is available only from On2, there are multiple suppliers of H.264 codecs, including MainConcept, whose codec Adobe uses in Adobe Media Encoder and Adobe Flash Media Encoding Server. I've compared the quality of H.264 files produced with H.264 codecs from other vendors, and MainConcept has proven to be the best.

In general, while the overall quality of other codecs has improved, there are some tools to avoid out there. If you're producing with a different tool and not achieving the quality you were hoping for, try encoding with one of the Adobe tools.

Second, some older encoding tools do not offer output directly into F4V format. If F4V format is not offered in your encoding tool, the best alternative is to produce an MPEG-4 compatible streaming media file using the .mp4 extension.

With this as background, I'll describe the most common H.264 encoding parameters.

• 4K Ultra HD video up to 3840x2160
• Real-time drawing while recording
• Over 24 hours without stopping

How to use AMD VCE/VCN encoder - HEVC vs H.264

If your graphics card supports AMD App Acceleration, you will be able to enhance the recording ability of Bandicam by using the GPU of the graphics card. Bandicam 1.9.2 or a higher version supports the AMD VCE/VCN H.264 encoder, so Bandicam users can record the target in high speed, with a high compression ratio, and in high quality.

HEVC vs H.264 - Which one is better?

HEVC (H.265) is better at compression than H.264 (The video quality of HEVC is better than H.264 if the file size is the same. The file size of HEVC is smaller than H.264 if the video quality is the same).

However, some media players don't support HEVC and HEVC uses more CPU usage than H.264.
Users have to choose the proper codec to meet their needs.

HEVC vs H.264 - Size, Quality and Speed

The table below shows the file sizes, video quality and codec speed.

(Recording time: one minute, Video resolution: 1920x1080, FPS: 30, Quality: 80) » Comparison of video codecs

To use the AMD VCE/VCN encoder, please follow the steps below: Lucky patcher-toolbox-patch download.

1. Download/install the latest AMD video card driver

   • Go to https://support.amd.com/, and download/install the latest AMD video card driver.
   • AMD Catalyst 13.10 beta or a higher version supports the H.264 encoder. (Catalyst 13.9 or lower versions don't support the H.264 encoder.)

2. Choose the 'H.264 (AMD VCE/VCN)' option from Bandicam

   • Click the Settings button under the Video tab of Bandicam, and then choose the 'H.264 (AMD VCE/VCN)' encoder.
   • H.264 (AMD VCE/VCN) is one of the most commonly used formats for the recording, compression, and distribution of high definition video. (View the comparison of video codecs of Bandicam)
   • VBR (Variable bitrate) - Quality-based: VBR allows a higher bitrate for faster scenes and a lower bitrate for slower scenes, as a result, the recorded video size can be made smaller. (Recommended)
   • CBR (Constant Bitrate) - Bitrate-based: CBR always uses the same bitrate, as a result, you can predict the video file size (But, the recorded video size might be larger.)
   • Keyframe interval: If you choose '150' as the Keyframe interval, keyframes will be created every 150 frames.
   • FourCC code: To play the recorded video on media players, choose 'H264'. To edit the recorded video with Sony Vegas, Adobe Premiere with the AVI container, choose 'X264'. » See more

If you cannot see the 'H.264 (AMD VCE/VCN)' option from Bandicam, please try the solutions below:

1. Try the latest version of Bandicam from https://www.bandicam.com/downloads/.

2. 'H.264 (AMD VCE/VCN)' is available on Windows Vista/7/8/10.

   - If you use 'Windows XP', the 'H.264 (AMD VCE/VCN)' menu will not be shown.

3. Uninstall graphics card driver and reinstall the latest AMD video card driver.

4. Identify the model of your AMD graphics card.

   If your graphics card supports 'VIDEO CODEC ENGINE (VCE/VCN)', you can use the AMD VCE H.264 encoder.
   Please visit https://www.amd.com/ to check if your graphics card supports 'VIDEO CODEC ENGINE (VCE)'.

   • Desktop: HD 7700 or higher AMD graphics cards (HD 7700/7800/7970/7990, R7 250X/260/260X/265/360/370, R9, RX 460/470/480/540/560/570/580, Firepro, etc.) support the AMD H.264 encoder.
     
   • Desktop: HD 7600 or lower AMD graphics cards (HD 7900, R5 2xx/3xx/4xx, R7 240/250/340/350, 6xxx, HD 5xxx, or HD 4xxx, etc.) don't support the AMD H.264 encoder.
     
   • Laptop: HD 7700M/7800M/7900M/8830M/8850M/8870M support the AMD H.264 encoder.
     
   • Laptop: HD 7300M/7400M/7500M/7600M/8500M/8600M/8700M/8800M/8900M, and R5/R7/R9 M200/M440 don't support the AMD H.264 encoder.

5. Uncheck 'Run this program in compatibility mode for:'

   Right-click on Bandicam -> Properties -> Compatibility -> and uncheck Run this program in compatibility mode for: .
   If this option is checked, the 'H.264 (AMD VCE/VCN)' menu will not be shown.

6. If you still can't see the 'H.264 (AMD VCE/VCN)' option,

   Please enter 'Windows Key + R' -> type 'dxdiag' -> Display -> and click the 'Save All Information..' button and then send the DxDiag.txt file to bandicam@bandicam.com.

7. Error message: 'Your system does not support 'H.264 (AMD VCE/VCN)', so the default codec will be used.'

   If you see the error message above when you use the 'H.264 (AMD VCE/VCN)' codec, go to your Windows Desktop, right-click, select Display settings, choose another display ('No. 1' or 'No.2') which is being used by AMD, check the Make this my main display option, and try it again.

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