The open-source multimedia world cleared a legal hurdle three decades in the making today: the final patent covering MPEG-4 Part 2 Visual — the codec behind DivX and Xvid — expired on July 19, 2026, ...
After nearly 30 years, the surround sound format war enters a new chapter with DTS:X soundtracks now available on Disney+. A long time ago, on a medium far, far away, two companies began a format war.