alphabetical list of extensions

File extension .264

File description

.264 file format is based on H.264 video codec standard. This format is able to store high quality video data at much lower bitrate.

This file format is also considered to be successor of many modern video file formats including DIVX, XVID and MPEG-4. .264 file is able to provide with the same video quality like that of MPEG-4 at much lower file size. Sometimes MPEG-4 part 10 is also referred to as .264 file format. .264 file format is also used for video recording and compression. It is a block oriented and motion compensating video compression format which is developed by ITU-T VCEG.

Description of the problem

If you have on your computer a .264 file that you cannot open, you are in exactly the same situation as thousands of other people who have similar problems with this or any other unknown file.

There may be several reasons why you cannot open the file with .264 extension. Directly on this website you can find a solution of the most common problem with the .264 file – that you do not have on your computer the appropriate program to open the file.

Solution

From the list below, select the appropriate program, install it and double click on the icon of a file that did not want to open - the problem with the .264 file extension should be solved. However, if this does not happen, go back to the website to learn about other possible causes of the error, which have been described at the bottom of the website.

Other possible reasons why your .264 file does not want to open

In addition to the problem described above, i.e. the lack of the appropriate application to support the .264 file, there may be several reasons that cause problems with opening and operation of the data format:

1. Incorrect version of the installed application

A quite common problem is the lack of application in the appropriate version. Even if you have an application, with the help of which you should open the .264 file, you may have a problem with it because of its version. Perhaps in previous versions the application has not yet supported the .264 file, so download the update and check again.

2. Incorrect .264 file association with the program

If you have already installed the appropriate application, and it is the correct version, the file may not open correctly, because the operating system does not have information that this program supports the file. So you need to "show" which program the computer should use. To do this:

Right-click the .264 file
Go to the "Open with" - then "Choose default program ..."
Locate the appropriate application
Click "OK"

3. The file is corrupt

It also happens that the file you want to open is corrupt and therefore there is no such possibility. In this situation, you should find its different version, or ask a person from whom you got, to send it again.