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 ...

It’s been 3-plus years since the MPEG codec explosion that brought us VVC, LCEVC, and EVC. Rather than breathlessly trumpet every single-digit quality improvement or design win, I’ll quickly get you ...

ORANGE, CONN.—In broadcast, several types of video and audio compression formats (or codecs) are widely used, including MPEG-2, H.264, JPEG2000 and others. Content that has been compressed with these ...

Few video producers ever would have guessed that the term codec would become a household term, but with so many codecs on the market, average computer users have little choice but to be painfully ...

As quality lost at the beginning of a production chain can never be recovered, end users should always opt for the best possible codec, says Ron Veel from Grassvalley. When we talk about cameras in ...

Putting video onto the web, or even mobile devices, isn’t difficult, but doing it well is tough. There are a huge number of variables to worry about, and the best choice for one video may not work ...

In the world of online video, there is a battle brewing over the next dominant standard for online video, especially on HTML5 Web pages. Today, Google took the gloves off and declared that it will ...