What is the difference between .hevc and .mp4?
- Extension
- .hevc
- .mp4
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Video
- Video
- Developer
- Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG)
- Moving Picture Experts Group
- Description
- The High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) file, commonly known by its file extension .hevc, represents a video compression format designed to substantially improve coding efficiency compared to its predecessor, H.264/AVC. Aimed at enabling higher resolution video content such as 4K and 8K, HEVC is adept at maintaining high-quality video at roughly half the bitrate, significantly reducing file sizes without compromising on visual fidelity. This efficiency makes HEVC particularly valuable in streaming media applications.
- An MP4 file is a multimedia file commonly used to store a movie or video clip, but may also contain subtitles or images. MP4 is short for MPEG-4 Part 14, which is a container format based on the QuickTime File Format (QTFF) used by .MOV and .QT files.
- MIME Type
- video/x-h265
- video/mp4
- Sample
- sample.mp4
- Wikipedia
- .hevc on Wikipedia
- .mp4 on Wikipedia