---
title: h264
framework: avfoundation
role: symbol
role_heading: Type Property
path: avfoundation/avvideocodectype/h264
---

# h264

The H.264 video codec.

## Declaration

```swift
static let h264: AVVideoCodecType
```

## Mentioned in

Recording movies in alternative formats

## See Also

### Video codecs

- [hevc](avfoundation/avvideocodectype/hevc.md)
- [hevcWithAlpha](avfoundation/avvideocodectype/hevcwithalpha.md)
- [jpeg](avfoundation/avvideocodectype/jpeg.md)
- [JPEGXL](avfoundation/avvideocodectype/jpegxl.md)
- [proRes422](avfoundation/avvideocodectype/prores422.md)
- [proRes422LT](avfoundation/avvideocodectype/prores422lt.md)
- [proRes422HQ](avfoundation/avvideocodectype/prores422hq.md)
- [proRes422Proxy](avfoundation/avvideocodectype/prores422proxy.md)
- [proRes4444](avfoundation/avvideocodectype/prores4444.md)
- [proResRAW](avfoundation/avvideocodectype/proresraw.md)
- [proResRAWHQ](avfoundation/avvideocodectype/proresrawhq.md)
- [appleProRes4444XQ](avfoundation/avvideocodectype/appleprores4444xq.md)