What is the advantage of recording with the MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 format?

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The MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 format is capable of compressing images at a higher efficiency than that of more conventional image-compressing formats, like MPEG-4 or MPEG-2. This format makes it possible to record longer lengths of high-definition video footage.

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b) Data: itab like mara occurs 0.
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-The area where this record is kept is called as work area for the internal table.
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-Header line is a implicit work area for the internal table. It depends on how the internal table is declared that the itab will have the header line or not.
a) Data : itab like mara occurs 0 with header line.
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b) Data: itab like mara occurs 0.
table is without header line
2)work area / field string and internal table
which one is prefarable for good performance any why ?
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