Have you ever seen the error, ‘Cannot play, Video codec not supported?’ What is a codec and why do we need it to play a video file? A codec is a software or hardware-based process which is used to ...

This article first appeared in the August/September issue of Streaming Media magazine. Click here for your free subscription. If you work with video on the web, someone has undoubtedly asked you to ...

A once very popular video format on the Web from Adobe. Using the .FLV file extension, Flash videos are played with Adobe's latest Flash media player as well as other ...