While streaming is now the dominant method for delivering video to consumers, the infrastructure powering ... Read More ...

John Kean explains how the xHE-AAC codec utilizes metadata to shift dynamic range control from content producers to listeners ...

Large language models (like GPT-style models) keep getting bigger. As they grow, they need more memory and faster communication between chips to run or to train them. These needs are becoming major ...

A new tech blog from Netflix highlights the importance of the AV1 open video codec, which now powers about 30% of the platform’s streaming and discusses a variety of opportunities to expand its ...

Some Dell and HP laptop owners have been befuddled by their machines’ inability to play HEVC/H.265 content in web browsers, despite their machines’ processors having integrated decoding support.

Samsung is reportedly bringing APV codec support for video recording on the Galaxy S26 series. APV will enable lossless video recording with minimal degradation in quality and color. Samsung is also ...

In a nutshell: Streaming and other demanding video applications are growing rapidly, and existing codecs are struggling to keep pace. Fortunately, AOMedia has pledged to finalize a new generation of ...

Peking University, June 27, 2025: To overcome the inherent challenge of translation termination interference caused by stop codon reprogramming in mammalian cells, researchers from Peking University ...

A recent paper from Friedrich-Alexander University benchmarks energy consumption and compression efficiency for six video codecs across software and hardware decoders. While the study uses VP9 as a ...

With AV1 hardware decode on mo­bile devices stuck in the mid-to-low teens as of 2025, and with VVC at zero, it’s clear that the race to supplant H.264 and HEVC will be contested with software-only ...