# What is the most used video codec for streaming nowadays? **URL:** \ **Category:** Wowza Video (Formerly Streaming Cloud)\ **Created:** [July 9, 2021, 7:09pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/what-is-the-most-used-video-codec-for-streaming-nowadays/93526 "2021-07-09T19:09:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Andrejs\_Sapals](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8edcca/32.png) [@Andrejs\_Sapals](https://community.wowza.com/u/Andrejs_Sapals)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2021, 7:09pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/what-is-the-most-used-video-codec-for-streaming-nowadays/93526/1 "2021-07-09T19:09:27Z")
Hello, Fore some time I am playing with ffmpeg digging different articles in the network on how to stream FHD quality. For example twitch: [https://stream.twitch.tv/encoding/](https://stream.twitch.tv/encoding/) FHD has 6000 bits/s. Youtube says they suggests a bit more. When I am trying to set ffmpeg h264 with such bitrate and low latency 25 fps, 1920x1080, 8000 kbts/s I can not reach the same picture quality as they have on twitch, youtube or even casinos like evolution gaming. Maybe I am going with a wrong way and h264 is not modern anymore? When I am watching my video through CDN with bitrate 8000, I still can see some squares/pixel in the video. ---
**Author:** ![Karel\_Boek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/karel_boek/32/454_2.png) [@Karel\_Boek](https://community.wowza.com/u/Karel_Boek)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2021, 8:24am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/what-is-the-most-used-video-codec-for-streaming-nowadays/93526/2 "2021-07-10T08:24:10Z")
H.264 is still the most used codec; mostly because almost every player and device supports it. Indeed there are other codec that can provide better quality results at the same bitrate (or same results at a lower bitrate), but regardless: with 8Mbps you should see a quite decent picture quality with H.264. My guess is that it’s rather the encoding parameters that you may need to review and tune. I recommend to look up and read some articles from Jan Ozer, who is a renowned expert on encoding. His advise is basically: measure twice, cut once. Here are some links that may help you: ``` https://www.streamingmedia.com/Authors/4247-Jan-Ozer.htm https://streaminglearningcenter.com/ ```