NEW YORK--With giants such as Netflix, Amazon, Facebook, Google and Microsoft in its corner, the Alliance for Open Media (AOMedia) has released the 1.0 version of AV1, a next-gen, royalty-free codec ...

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Protocol reports that Qualcomm will finally jump on the AV1 video codec bandwagon next year. AV1 is the web’s next open, royalty-free video codec, and widespread adoption will require hardware support ...

AMSTERDAM — Does the world need yet another video codec? BBC made a strong case that it does, at the International Broadcast Conference (IBC) this week, pitching a new compression family called Dirac ...

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, ...

LONDON — Communications chip company Broadcom Corp. (Irvine, Calif.) has said it will provide its BroadVoice family of voice codecs avaible free of charge. Royalty payments and license fees are ...

Beyond WMV, there are a variety of open-source codecs that you may need at some point. While for many you can install the individual codec when needed, I've found the easiest way to ensure you can ...