Streaming platforms and video services have long relied on open-source codecs like x264, x265, SVT-AV1, libaom, and libvp9, all readily available in FFmpeg. For many users, these codecs offer ...

Some audio and video codecs require a paid license to use in commercial products (such as Microsoft Windows), so instead of ...

Codecs are compression schemes that reduce the video bandwidth needed. They may be implemented in software or in dedicated hardware. We need such codecs because uncompressed video requires vastly more ...

A wanted criminal steals a car and speeds through the city. Surveillance and news helicopter cameras capture it. But in the grainy video, the license plate is unreadable. Across town, … The post NAB ...

Allegro DVT, the worldwide leader in video codec compliance test suites and semiconductor video IPs, announces that it has completed the acquisition of Vicuesoft, the leading provider of video ...

For some streamers, open-source solutions meet all their needs. For others, commercial codecs deliver efficiency and optimizations that justify the cost. This article explores the factors that ...