H.264 streaming fees jump from $100,000 to $4.5 million a year under new licensing terms
The internet's most popular video codec just got a lot more expensive
Dolby sues Snap over video codec patents tied to AV1 and HEVC
AV1 might not be as royalty-free as promised
AV1 codec now powers 30% of Netflix streaming as company looks forward to AV2
License-free codec improves bandwidth for cellular connections, HDR content, and more
Dell and HP turned off HEVC decoding on recent laptops without telling anyone
Rising HEVC licensing costs pushed PC makers to turn off H.265 support
AV2 codec to succeed AV1 with improved compression, enhanced streaming capabilities
The next generation of the royalty-free video codec will be here soon
FFmpeg adds first AI feature with Whisper audio transcription filter
An optional speech recognition model supercharged by GPU acceleration
FFmpeg developers claim 94x speed boost using handwritten AVX-512 code
Parallel processing on modern x86 computers can really do wonders
New AV1 software decoder coming to Android promises improved video experience
The "best" AV1 software decoder is being released via an over-the-air update
FFmpeg 6.1 adds numerous codec and filters
FFmpeg 6.1 is a major release that includes Vulkan decoding for H.264, HEVC and AV1, extended support for RivaTuner, Playdate, Microsoft RLE, as well as numerous filters.
YouTube brings AV1 beta livestreaming for improved video quality
New codec allows clear 1440p 60fps livestreaming on just 6Mbps
Intel may have cancelled Meteor Lake desktop CPUs in favor of a Raptor Lake refresh
Rumor mill: Rumors over the last year have painted a tumultuous picture of the development of Intel's 14th-generation Meteor Lake processors. The latest information takes things a step further regarding Intel's struggles to transition from its current CPU architecture suggesting the company has canceled Meteor Lake's desktop variants. The upcoming series might be struggling to match, much less exceed, Raptor Lake's clock rates.
AMD's Radeon RX 7900 AV1 encoder is almost on par with Intel Arc and Nvidia's RTX 40 series
AMD's encoder even has some features Nvidia locks behind its workstation GPUs
Why it matters: AMD's new AV1 encoder and fully unlocked encode sessions will allow Radeon RX 7000 series GPUs to compete directly against Nvidia RTX GPUs and Intel Arc Alchemist GPUs in the streaming space. Allowing gamers and content creators to game, record, and stream high quality video all at the same time on a single graphics card.
Meta's AI-assisted audio codec claims 10x compression rate compared to MP3s
Encodec utilizes AI for extreme efficiency and bandwidth saving
AV1 codec version 3.5 greatly improves CPU encoding performance
In a nutshell: Google just released AV1 3.5, the newest version of the video-encoding technology, which threatens to be a major player in the content and media industry. The codec now has much more efficient CPU encoding, and hardware support is growing too.
Project Caviar: Google is promoting new royalty-free audio and video codecs
After AV1, Google is now working on a Dolby (Atmos and Vision) contender
Qualcomm planning to add AV1 support to upcoming Snapdragon chip
Firefox is also adding hardware-based AV1 decoding
Media Player Classic BE is like the old Windows Media player, but with more features
Media Player Classic Black Edition is a free and lightweight Windows player based on the MPC and MPC-HC projects, with additional codecs and features.
New H.266 VVC codec shows promise for 4K and 8K streaming
But can it beat the royalty-free AV1?
Google Duo gets improved low-bandwidth video calls, new features
Great for when your family is hogging the Wi-Fi
Qualcomm announces AptX Adaptive for improving Bluetooth audio
The codec compresses at variable bitrate to compensate for signal noise and content quality requirements
Testing Battery Life Across Media Players and Video Formats
Video playback is one common case scenario where efficiency is crucial and where a lengthy battery life is an infrequently found godsend. But what you may not realize is that the video player itself, and the format your videos are encoded in, can also have an impact on power consumption.
