Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your 264 file.
You'll see a preview.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to save your file in the format you want.
Convert 264 to another file type
The converter easily converts your 264 file to various formats - free and online. No VLC or extra software needed.
264 to MP4
264 to AVI
264 to MOV
264 to WMV
264 to FLV
264 to WEBM
264 to MKV
264 to M4V
264 to 3GP
264 to OGV
264 to ASF
264 to RM
Convert a file to 264
The converter also works in reverse, so you can convert other Video formats to 264 with high quality output.
About 264 files
A .264 file is typically a raw H.264/MPEG-4 AVC video elementary stream, extracted directly from surveillance DVRs, IP cameras, or NVR systems manufactured by companies like Hikvision and Dahua Technology. Unlike standard video files, a .264 file lacks a container wrapper (like MP4 or MOV). This means it is essentially "naked" video data without the necessary headers, footers, or indexing information required for seeking, audio synchronization, or playback in standard media players like Windows Media Player or QuickTime. Users frequently encounter these files when exporting footage for evidence or backup, only to find the files act effectively "dead" or unrecognizable on other devices. To make this footage usable for legal review, sharing, or editing, it is essential to convert or "mux" the .264 stream into a standard container. For universal compatibility, converting to MP4 is the industry standard. For archiving without quality loss, wrapping the stream in an MKV container is often recommended. convert.guru allows you to process these raw streams efficiently, ensuring your security footage is viewable anywhere.
Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your 264 file.
If you want to convert 264 file to , you can use VLC media player or similar software from the "Surveillance Video Stream" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert MTS, MOV, RMVB, DIVX, RM, H264, TS, WMV, VOB, MP4, XVID or AVI files to 264, try VLC media player or another comparable tool in the "Surveillance Video Stream" category.
The 264 Converter Story
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our 264 converter.