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why is h.264 264 anyway, why isn't it just 4
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@noiob you can't tell me there have been over 250 video compression standards since the late 80s or early 90s or whenever video compression started to be A Thing, though
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@Felthry no, the naming scheme also covers other coding standards like audio or telecommunications, but all h.26x standards are by the Video Coding Experts Group, also known as question 6 of working party 3 of ITU-T study group 16. I think they just like numbering things

@Felthry the first digital video compression standard was actually h.120

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