Here's what you need to know about every Bluetooth codec, and why you should even care. Being able to wirelessly connect ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

The pressure to optimize delivery of video at ever higher bitrates is growing such that the traditional once-in-a-decade leap in compression standards is on the verge of disintegrating. It’s not that ...

Radio World spoke to a sampling of technical leaders from around the world to find out what features they seek when choosing a codec, ways they implement the technology to improve broadcast quality, ...

In my August column, “The Audio World Without ISDN,” we looked at the impending demise of ISDN and the options available for those who can no longer get service. With telcos pushing everything into ...

Considering Windows 7 covers almost all the codecs and containers out there, is there a need to install Shark 007 codecs? I have installed Divx Plus codecs for MKV playback in media player so I'm ...