VideoBinary

`video/h264`

H.264 (AVC)

Reference for video/h264, the MIME type for raw H.264/AVC video, the most widely deployed video codec in the world.

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Expected extensions: .h264, .264

HTTP Content-Type Header

HTTP Header

Content-Type: video/h264

Associated File Extensions

.h264.264

Quick Facts

MIME Type	video/h264
Category	Video
Type	Binary
Extensions	.h264, .264

Common Usage

H.264 (also called AVC) is the most widely deployed video codec, used in streaming, broadcast, videoconferencing, surveillance, and Blu-ray. It provides excellent compression efficiency and is hardware-accelerated on virtually every device.

YouTube and most streaming services use H.264.

Code Examples

HTML

<!-- Link or embed with explicit type -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="file.h264" type="video/h264">

<!-- Or for script/media elements -->
<script type="video/h264" src="file.h264"></script>

Node.js

// Express.js
app.get('/file', (req, res) => {
  res.type('video/h264');
  res.send(data);
});

// Node.js http
res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'video/h264' });

nginx

# nginx.conf — add to types block or use default
types {
    video/h264  h264 264;
}

# Or set for a specific location
location /api/ {
    default_type video/h264;
}