Few could argue that MPEG-2 has not been a workhorse of professional media compression. Created in 1988, it helped to power the commercial success of DVD disc players and is still used daily by U.S.

eInfochips has extended its video expertise and product development services offering by announcing availability of two H.264 codecs that encode live full HD video SUNNYVALE, Calif., March 27, 2009-- ...

Existing licensees are grandfathered.

H.264 has so far carried a flat annual cap of $100,000 for large subscription platforms. That may sound like a lot, but for ...

Despite its promise of improved coding efficiency over existingstandards, H.264/AVC still presentsengineering challenges. It incorporates the most significant changes andalgorithmic discontinuities in ...

Using 4:2:2 10-bit encoding has become the de facto standard for professional video because it is captured and transmitted over SDI, allowing the entire production chain to use at least a 10-bit ...

Belfast, UK Amphion Semiconductor has developed a high definition H.264/AVC hardware video decoder core for digital television applications including cable and satellite set-top boxes, DVD players, ...

Telairity has announced the launch of its BE7400, a cost-effective broadcast encoder platform for standard-definition (SD) H.264/AVC video compression. Occupying just 1 RU, the BE7400 is a scalable, ...

LSI Logic solution offers high-quality video with 2x improved compression efficiency ( http://www.lsilogic.com/products/islands/h264.html) With acquisition of ...

Some think license terms for the popular video encoding technology mean Apple's Final Cut Pro should be called Final Cut Hobbyist. Not so fast. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and ...

The signs are everywhere. Starting with IBC2004 in Amsterdam in early September, where Apple showed off an H.264 codec that yielded much better results than it did even at its impressive NAB debut, ...

“Emerging” codecs like AV1, VP9, and HEVC are hardly newcomers to the streaming scene, and their implementation and breadth of industry support—particularly AV1’s—has grown by leaps and bounds. Yet ...