The technology, also called H.265 and the successor to H.264, promises to double video quality for better streaming and higher-res TV. But it'll come with a patent burden, too. One aspect of of HEVC ...
There’s a lot of interest in ultra-high definition (UHD) video, and the two codecs that drive it, HEVC and VP9. Over the past few months, a new UHD codec called Daala has also come to the fore. I ...
What are “HEVC”, “AV1”, and “VVC”? The most mainstream video codec was MPEG-LA 's H.264/AVC (Advanced Video Coding). You can find out how AVC compresses movies by reading the following article. How ...
With VLC 2.1.1, VideoLAN continues to sidestep the software patent licensing minefield of video compression. Meanwhile, open-source allies put muscle behind the new Daala codec. VideoLAN’s VLC media ...
Microsoft, Google, Mozilla, Cisco, Intel, Netflix, and Amazon today launched a new consortium, the Alliance for Open Media. The group plans to develop next-generation media formats—including audio and ...