Question | What video codecs will Blu-ray support? |
Answer MPEG-2 - enhanced for HD, also used for playback of DVDs and HD recordings.
MPEG-4 AVC - part of the MPEG-4 standard also known as H.264 (High Profile
and Main Profile)2.
SMPTE VC-1 - standard based on Microsoft® Windows® Media Video (WMV) technology2.
Please note that this simply means that Blu-ray players will have to support playback of these video codecs, it will be up to the movie studios to decide which video codec(s) they use for their releases.