The more-advanced video formats (VC-1 and MPEG-4 AVC) typically achieve a video run time twice that of MPEG-2, with comparable quality. SMPTE VC-1 is marketed as Windows Media Video and initially developed as a proprietary video format by Microsoft.
MPEG-4 AVC (also known as H.264) is widely used in Blu-Ray discs and online videos (cable television services, YouTube, Vimeo, iTunes store and so on). Therefore, all media player should support the above video codecs for Blu-ray video playback.Ĭompare H.264 and SMPTE VC-1, MPEG-2 is a lossy video codec which regular used on HD DVDs and early Blu-ray discs. The Blu-ray disc mainly adopts 3 types of video codecs: MPEG-2, H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, SMPTE VC-1. Which video codecs are supported by Blu-Ray?Ī video codec is a software (eg: movie player software) or device (eg: hardware decoders) which compresses and decompresses media contents with or without quality loss.
