Expect multimedia applications to increase dramatically over the next few years, stimulated by the arrival of third-generation networks and explosive growth in the number of portable devices capable ...

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 ...

Allowing users to design consumer electronics that connect directly to miniDV camcorders over IEEE-1394, the NW721 digital-video (DV) codec provides a bi-directional digital-to-digital path to next ...

PARIS — Eager to move its proprietary audio/video codec into Europe's steadily growing digital radio market, Microsoft Corp. has gained membership in the World DAB Forum, an industry group developing ...

To further simplify development of digital video products, the eXpressDSP digital media software standard (xDM) adds an algorithm that ensures sweat-free codec implementation and integration for ...

(click thumbnail)Nero DigitalNero is promoting its Nero Digital Audio as a video and audio codec solution. It is based on MPEG-4 ISO 14496-2/-3/-10 standards, which it says allows the flexibility to ...

Microsoft published a new support page with details about codec support in the Windows Media Player app. As it turns out, the company is removing AC-3 Dolby Digital support in Windows 11 version 24H2.

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 ...