AMD's RDNA 4 GPUs bring major encoding and ray tracing upgrades
Radeon RX 9070 improves game streaming, 25% better quality H.264 encoding, and improved efficiency
The new Nvidia app, featuring one-click overclocking, is now available for download
The Nvidia app unites Control Panel and GeForce Experience functionality. The latest beta features one-click overclocking, support for AV1 SDR and HDR encoding, and the ability to record gameplay at 120 FPS.
How Does JPEG Work? Understanding the Subtle Beauty of Image Compression
At a high level, JPEG is a lossy image compression technique. What you may not realize is that achieving this required a fascinating blend of human perception, elegant signal processing, and clever engineering prowess.
Let's begin with a visual challenge: What are the colors of the tiles marked as A and B in the image?
Nvidia GeForce users can now encode more simultaneous streams
Non-workstation/server GPUs can now encode five simultaneous streams
HandBrake debuts AV1 encoding integration
Handbrake 1.6.0 introduces support for several new video encoders including much anticipated AV1 encoding, as well as VP9 10-bit, H.264 levels 6, 6.1, 6.2, and more improvements.
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.
Intel Arc AV1 encoder beats AMD and Nvidia's H.264 encoders in early tests
A bright spot for Arc Alchemist
Qualcomm planning to add AV1 support to upcoming Snapdragon chip
Firefox is also adding hardware-based AV1 decoding
Convert any audio and video format with Handbrake
Handbrake is a free and open source tool specializing in converting audio and video files and is uniquely handy if you are looking to convert older formats to more modern ones. Grab the latest version here.
How to Convert Audio and Video Files with VLC Media Player
If you've ever looked for software that can convert audio and video files on Windows, you might know how hard it can be to find dedicated solutions that are free and function as advertised. What you may ignore however is that VLC is capable of converting your files as well as performing other tasks like recording your desktop, and more.
Server for HandBrake hacked, here's what to do if you've been infected
The malicious file was up between 14:30 UTC May 2 and 11:00 UTC May 6
Guide to HEVC/H.265 Encoding and Playback: A better, more efficient format
#ThrowbackThursday HEVC's main advantage over H.264 is that it offers roughly double the compression ratio for the same quality. This means that a video file encoded with HEVC can occupy half the space of its H.264 equivalent with no noticeable change in quality, or the same amount of space with improved quality.
