This is a contraction of video ‘coder’ and ‘encoder’. It’s the process of compressing and then decompressing video as it’s ...

It's been 3-plus years since the MPEG codec explosion that brought us VVC, LCEVC, and EVC. Rather than breathlessly trumpet every single-digit quality improvement or design win, I'll quickly get you ...

The world of video formats can be pretty confusing, but there are only a few things you really need to know. First, it's important to note that a video format is more than just its file extension ...

The State of Video Codecs 2023. 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, ...

Video codecs written in JavaScript may be technically impressive, but they mean eschewing that hardware support. The use of WebGL and shader programs may improve the power efficiency somewhat, ...

How to play the Cinepak video codec on a Mac. VLC is compatible with Cinepak – see the entry for 3GP files, above, for more explanation of how to download and use VLC.

This is the future of video codecs. Called NVIDIA Maxine, the new AI system can not only cram high quality video streaming into a tenth of the space that traditional streaming takes, but it can ...

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?

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 ...

For example, DVDs use 6-8 Mbps with MPEG-2; video conferencing applications require 50-300 kbps using H.263 (a video conferencing codec). Streaming video applications typically require 50 to 500 kbps, ...

Scalable video codecs such as H.264 SVC satisfy many of the demands of these systems, and they are poised to become a catalyst in wide the spread adoption of video as a communication medium. About the ...

U.K. researcher Rethink TV predicts that the valuation of the rapidly evolving market for advanced video codecs in the media and entertainment market will reach $2.4 billion by 2030, driven by ...