Developers Ronald Bultje, David Conrad, and Jason Garret-Glaser are creating a native VP8 video codec implementation for the open source FFmpeg project. The aim of this effort is to bring first-class ...

Anytime you start working with a new codec, there are some fundamental tests that you should run to achieve optimal performance/quality optimization. In this article, I’ll take you through those tests ...

Dolby’s AC-3 and E-AC-3 surround technology delivers high-quality digital audio for up to 7.1 discrete channels. These technologies are the de facto standard for HDTV broadcast channels, IPTV ...

Few video producers ever would have guessed that the term codec would become a household term, but with so many codecs on the market, average computer users have little choice but to be painfully ...