Streaming platforms and video services have long relied on open-source codecs like x264, x265, SVT-AV1, libaom, and libvp9, all readily available in FFmpeg. For many users, these codecs offer ...

This week, Telestream announced the availability of an open source H.265 (HEVC) encoder, co-founded and managed by MulticoreWare Inc. I had a chance to speak with Telestream CTO Shawn Carnahan about ...

GPAC is an open-source media player that can be used to play back live or file-based audio and video content and encapsulate and transmit such content as a stream. Through the active collaboration of ...

With VLC 2.1.1, VideoLAN continues to sidestep the software patent licensing minefield of video compression. Meanwhile, open-source allies put muscle behind the new Daala codec. Stephen Shankland ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Balancing Open Source Codecs and Proprietary Solutions If there’s one thing the Pro AV industry is known for, it’s our continued ...

The next-generation High Efficiency Video codec (HEVC), H.265, has hit a major public milestone thanks to the work of the developer MultiCoreWare. MCW is launching a new commercial open-source venture ...

Google seems to be saying "Forget H.265 - our VP9 codec is here, now, and is better" Google have oddly found themselves in a great position to capitalise on the current 4K fervour with their VP9 codec ...

In the ever-evolving world of technology and video capture and formats, new standards often appear to enhance our digital lives. A good example of this is the high-performance file formats and codecs ...