From digital televisions to portable electronics, the H.264/AVC next-generation video compression standard is becoming mainstream. And major processor makers–mainly Japan-based firms–are facilitating ...

Few could argue that MPEG-2 has not been a workhorse of professional media compression. Created in 1988, it helped to power the commercial success of DVD disc players and is still used daily by U.S.

The broadcast industry will begin reaping the benefits of more efficient compression thanks to MPEG-4 AVC H.264. With about half the bit rate requirements of its predecessor, MPEG-4 AVC H.264 promises ...

eInfochips has extended its video expertise and product development services offering by announcing availability of two H.264 codecs that encode live full HD video SUNNYVALE, Calif., March 27, 2009-- ...

Telairity has announced the launch of its BE7400, a cost-effective broadcast encoder platform for standard-definition (SD) H.264/AVC video compression. Occupying just 1 RU, the BE7400 is a scalable, ...

Despite its promise of improved coding efficiency over existingstandards, H.264/AVC still presentsengineering challenges. It incorporates the most significant changes andalgorithmic discontinuities in ...

Belfast, UK Amphion Semiconductor has developed a high definition H.264/AVC hardware video decoder core for digital television applications including cable and satellite set-top boxes, DVD players, ...

Some think license terms for the popular video encoding technology mean Apple's Final Cut Pro should be called Final Cut Hobbyist. Not so fast. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and ...

November 4, 2004 - Oulu Finland -- Continuing to lead the development of mobile video, Hantro has tested and proved a software H.264 player in ‘off-the-shelf’ mobile handsets enabling a dramatic ...

“Emerging” codecs like AV1, VP9, and HEVC are hardly newcomers to the streaming scene, and their implementation and breadth of industry support—particularly AV1’s—has grown by leaps and bounds. Yet ...

Right now, H.264/AVC is generally regarded as the king of codecs. It’s been on the hill since around 2003, but Nokia has collaborated on a new codec that promises higher quality video at half the bit ...

Last week Netflix debuted offline viewing mode, something that subscribers have been wanting for a long time. With the offline mode, users were allowed to download shows and movies directly to their ...