ORLANDO, Fla.—“All I need is a QuickTime file.” How many times have you heard this from a client? Unfortunately, that’s not enough information. Here are the reasons why. Digital files consist of ...

I'm completely out of my element and I'm looking for suggestions. I want to rip all my wife's CD's to her system or to our home server but I'm not really sure which codec/format to convert the files ...

Codecs and containers are two of the most confusing bits of jargon that modern videomakers have to try and they their heads around. So what do they mean, and what do they do - and which do you choose?

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So there's a bunch of old VHS tapes I would like to capture while I still have the ability to actually play them. I have a USB video capture box http://blitzcast.com ...

Most have heard the word Codec and may have wondered what it stands for and what it is used for. This post will tell you key points regarding Codecs on your computer and the reason why they are ...

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.—SMPTE has joined with Avid to publish a new standard for the VC-3 codec in Interoperable Master Format (IMF). The VC-3 standard, a codec implementation that Avid provides under the ...

Netflix has begun broadcasting content that has been encoded with the AV1 codec. In this case, it is specifically about streaming to televisions and not smartphones. AV1 is the first high-efficiency ...

Tidal was in the high-resolution music streaming game long before such newcomers as Amazon and Apple, and its format of choice has historically been MQA, a lossy but incredibly efficient high-res ...

Renesas Electronics Corporation has developed and will start supply of a multi-format video codec hardware IP product that supports low-delay processing for automotive information terminals that ...