As much as we love debating the pros and cons of new codecs like AV1, VVC, and LCEVC, independent premium-content publishers have largely ignored them. Take Alliance for Open Media (AOMedia) founding ...

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, ...

Dolby promises sound so real it'll feel like you're in the stadium ...

Netflix will be supporting supports HDR10+ streaming using the AV1 codec, which brings some noteworthy improvements to how content is delivered. With HDR10+, each scene gets its own dynamic metadata ...

Move over H.264/AVC and HEVC, there's a new video streaming codec in town and it's got you in its sites. AV1 is here and it's going to be everywhere before you know it. AV1 is an open, royalty-free ...

Hardware and software support for the royalty-free AV1 video codec has been steadily building over the last couple years. Hardware-accelerated encoding and decoding is becoming standard in more GPUs, ...

IAC-owned video streaming service Vimeo added support for high-dynamic range videos Thursday. The service is now allowing creators to upload HDR videos, and viewers can watch them on supported devices ...

In a nutshell: The Alliance for Open Media will launch a new brand to promote a royalty-free audio-video experience on consumer hardware, something Google has already achieved with the recently ...

Way back in 2015 Netflix announced it would team up with Amazon, Google, Intel and other companies to develop a royalty-free codecs that worked well on modern devices. Two years ago they revealed the ...

Each local media player has its own killer features – as lightweight as MPC-HC, as multi-platform as VLC. While some may provide certain streaming sources of 360 degree videos, some can offer stabler ...