π The .264 data entry is recognized as a temporary video object container made up and initiated by video conversion and ripping tools, such as RipBot264 and StaxRip utilities. In detail, the .264 file item includes extracted video data which can be encoded and repurposed by other video extension specifications. Particularly, the .264 file entities are usually stored with H.264/MPEG-4 encoding schema. Therefore, the .264 resources are applied and utilized to store intermediary, raw video data obtained before the outcome conversion routine. Despite the .264 file samples being opened up and handled by aforementioned suites, the user is not suggested to reveal their contents in the manual way. The .264 format is distinguished by storing and maintaining the temporary info, uncovered in the background mode.
π Alternatively, the .264 data item may be composed of video resources captured by a closed-circuit television (CCTV) camera or an IP and recorded on a DVR-device afterwards. Appropriately, the .264 info container stores and manages video data which can only be played back with the software distributives bundled with the camera set. In most typical cases, you would encounter .264 file items if you possess a camera for security targets and are attempting to open, edit or review the resulting video. You may also gain a .264 data sample from a client if you are a legal professional employee in a jurisdiction case where proper video evidence is provided. As long as the .264 container is often suggested to store sensitive video, ordinarily the source .264 objects are encoded in a proprietary extension definition only compliant with the software designed and distributed by the camera manufacturer.
How to open an .264 file?
π The typical .264 entities can be reviewed and opened with VLC media player, if the source video file is compressed with the H.264 encoding algorithm. If the original file instance is successfully opened with the VLC distributive, you can easily transform it into another compliant data type, like .MOV or .MP4. In other cases, the actual file objects can be handled and processed only by the software packaged with the camera set. In the rest of the situations, the entries serve as a temporary definition, and cannot be opened up and sustained in the manual way, as long as the files entirely suit for internal purposes of StaxRip and RipBot264 bundles only. Besides, the file specification is oriented on desktop platforms, unexceptionally.