There are hundreds of audio and video codecs available and in use, today, most available free, while some cost. Most of the Media Players we install will also install the required Codecs; and yet ...

Chrome's announcement of HEVC support last October was a long time coming. But how impactful will it prove to be, given persisting DRM issues and device support? Jan Ozer, Principal, Streaming ...

A new video codec has been made available for Video Streaming and Playback services to use over H.264 and H.265 or HEVC. This new codec is being called AV1. It is an open and royalty-free video coding ...

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 ...