CODEC is one of those newly invented words that's only been in the dictionary for a few years, yet what it represents may be one of the most important pieces of technology in all of AV. There are at ...

Adopting a new codec standard is a complicated task. The timeline for getting up to speed is so long that once you’re there, the industry very well might be looking at the next generation of codecs ...

Keeping abreast of the terminology and concepts that surround video encoding can be daunting. The successor to H.264, H.265 or HEVC, is fast becoming ubiquitous, thanks to the proliferation of 4K ...

In the ever-evolving world of technology and video capture and formats, new standards often appear to enhance our digital lives. A good example of this is the high-performance file formats and codecs ...

Voice over IP multi-codec transcoding switches codecs as VoIP network conditions change and, in the process, avoids encoding or format mismatches that can lead to dropped calls or low-quality video.

While many companies leverage AI to enhance the performance of existing codecs like H.264, HEVC, and AV1, UK-based Deep Render is developing a fully AI-based codec. To promote the understanding of AI ...

Google's settlement with MPEG-LA is a fresh development in a decades-old story of software patents. Will it finally open video codec technology to open source developers? When Google announced last ...

Not every compression method works for every file, and you can increase efficiency by changing the file type, codec, or program used. Did you get the dreaded "To play this video, you need a new codec" ...