A good high-level breakdown of H.264: https://sidbala.com/h-264-is-magic/ https://sidbala.com/h-264-is-magic/ Associated HN post, although there have been a fe

A good high-level breakdown of H.264: https://sidbala.com/h-264-is-magic/ https://sidbala.com/h-264-is-magic/ Associated HN post, although there have been a few: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30710574 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30710574 More technical look at video codecs in general with sources: https://github.com/leandromoreira/digital_video_introduction#how-does-a-video-codec-work https://github.com/leandromoreira/digital_video_introduction...