What are 'HEVC', 'AV1' and 'VVC'? MPEG-LA 's H.264/AVC (Advanced Video Coding) was the most popular video codec. You can find out how AVC compresses movies by reading the following article. How does ...

There’s a lot of interest in ultra-high definition (UHD) video, and the two codecs that drive it, HEVC and VP9. Over the past few months, a new UHD codec called Daala has also come to the fore. I ...

I’ve got a bad case of TLDR-itis, as in “too long, don’t want to write-itis”. You may be feeling the same way from a reader's perspective. If so, this article is for you. Lots going on in the codec ...

Open source video codec driven led by Google and NetflixAV1"Has a higher compression rate than the current mainstream" HEVC (H.265) ", licensing fee is scheduled to be free, and Apple is expected to ...

The Alliance for Open Media (AOMedia) recently announced a new video codec designed to succeed AOMedia Video 1 (AV1). The AV2 codec is expected to launch ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. NEW YORK--With giants such as Netflix, Amazon, Facebook, Google and Microsoft in its corner, the ...

Nick Statt is a Senior Producer on Decoder. Previously, he reported on the technology and gaming industries for more than a decade. The Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute, the electrical engineering ...