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BBC announces higher-quality iPlayer (H.264 + AAC)
BBC announces higher-quality iPlayer (H.264 + AAC)
The corporation is adopting the H.264 standard for video compression, and AAC+, an extension to the AAC standard, for audio. Compared to the On2 VP6 video codec that iPlayer currently uses, H.264 delivers sharper video quality at a lower data rate.