AVC
Advanced Video Codec

Adopted by the MPEG-4 standards, AVC is used in a wide variety of scenarios to reduce required bandwidth yet maintain video quality. For example, where an MPEG2 encoded video stream would require approximately 18Mbps for high definition TV, MPEG-4, using the AVC, requires around half that bandwidth or roughly 8Mbps.

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