Fraunhofer, the German company that helped develop the H.264, H.265 and MP3 encoding formats, has unveiled a new video encoding standard that could severely reduce streaming bottlenecks. Called ...

H.264. HEVC. VP9. If these terms mean nothing to you, you’re not alone. Each is a kind of video codec. Though they’re responsible for every second of video we watch online or on a Blu-ray, most people ...

When we sit down to watch our favorite TV series online, we rarely consider the streaming process – we just hit play. In reality, there’s a video codec seamlessly managing the compression and ...

With VLC 2.1.1, VideoLAN continues to sidestep the software patent licensing minefield of video compression. Meanwhile, open-source allies put muscle behind the new Daala codec. Stephen Shankland ...

Few could argue that MPEG-2 has not been a workhorse of professional media compression. Created in 1988, it helped to power the commercial success of DVD disc players and is still used daily by U.S.

You will hear a lot about codecs when it comes to 4k in the next few months, but the most important one of them all finally reaches an important milestone in January when HEVC hits the Final Draft ...

With more consumers choosing to upgrade their viewing experience by switching to 4K TVs and compatible streaming devices, there’s a growing demand for high quality 4K video content. High resolution 4K ...

Many applications are currently adopting 4K video delivery, which increases bandwidth requirements. As a consequence, selecting a high quality video encoder has ...

While the next generation codec High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) has yet to be ratified by the ITU, compression experts are pumping R&D into the technology, which could have a big impact both on ...