Welcome to your codec update for 2023. I’m here to help you decide whether it’s time to go all in on AV1, VVC, LCEVC, or EVC or whether it’s better to stick with H.264, VP9, and HEVC. As an overview, ...

Netflix recently confirmed that the AV1 codec is responsible for nearly one-third of its streaming content. In a lengthy Medium post, the company explained how it ...

A new Netflix tech blog highlights the importance of the codec in their streaming operations and its potential use in ...

Camera codecs rarely reach their advertised bitrates. Here’s why compression, encoder design, and real-world image detail ...

Over the weekend I read another few dozen articles on the whole Apple (AAPL) and Adobe (ADBE) debate and probably read through a thousand comments. Some of the posts I read were really good, but far ...

MPEG LA has announced plans to extend the duration of no-cost h264 licensing for free Internet video until 2016. This move lifts some of the immediate ambiguity about h264 licensing and will allow the ...

Microsoft gaat met Windows 11-versie 24H2 de AC-3-codec, ook wel bekend als de Dolby Digital-codec, niet langer ondersteunen. Mediaspelers van derden, zoals VLC, kunnen de codec nog wel ondersteunen.

H.264 is the closest we have to a universal codec, which is why it was surprising that in Bitmovin's "Video Developer Report 2021," H.264 usage actually dropped from 92% in 2020 to 83% in 2021 among ...

Speech codecs are audio codecs that look for sound and language patterns. In addition, since the human voice falls into more limited audio range than music, a speech codec is able to achieve the ...

Smartphone manufacturers all but took away our beloved phones with headphone jacks. Now we’re left buying admittedly great wireless earbuds hand over fist. But listening to music is no longer a ...

If you’ve spent any time recently eyeing up a new pair of headphones, you might’ve spotted one or two acronyms that weren’t familiar: LDAC and LHDC. These wireless audio technologies are designed to ...