codecs

It’s a brave, new multi-codec world

2023 is expected to see progression in AV1, HEVC, and VVC codec adoption, but what does that mean for the broadcast industry? Markus Hafellner,...

Media Management

Spin Digital releases new VVC/H.266 supporting real-time encoder and SDK

The VVC encoder facilitates next-generation applications, such as 4K and 8K live streaming, and higher quality live VR-360° and immersive video, said the company

Media Management

A cause for video compression celebration

Jan De Cock, director of codec development, Synamedia, details why the introduction of AMD’s 4th generation EPYC CPUs signals ever-improving video experiences on the...

Media Management

Bitmovin: H.264 still the most used codec, but AV1 adoption is coming

Company's annual reveals year-on-year trends, opportunities for innovation and the headwinds the video developer community faces

IP Migration

intoPIX updates JPEG XS codecs to handle 1000fps

Depending on the selected IP core, the company's tiny codecs, known as TicoXS, can go up to 480fps in 4K, and 1920fps in HD

Media Management

InterDigital and Philips to develop video-based immersive codecs for XR

InterDigital will contribute expertise on immersive codecs, including Visual Volumetric Video (V3), Video-based Point Cloud Compression (V-PCC) and MPEG Immersive Video (MIV)

Media Management

Marquise Technologies adds VC-6 compression to QC reference player

SMPTE ST 2117-1 (VC-6), is a multi-layer coding standard that utilises in-loop AI techniques

Media Consumption

Google ‘preparing to launch own version of Dolby Atmos and Dolby Vision’

Google is said to have already discussed the project with hardware manufacturers

Media Management

Jünger Audio’s flexAI audio system receives Dolby E certification

The new encoders and decoders are the first of a series of upcoming codecs for flexAI, said the company

Media Management

Next Gen Codecs: AV1 & VVC

Russell Trafford-Jones takes a look at the two codecs vying for adoption and how they’re being received by the media industry

Media Delivery

Apple ‘preparing to support AV1’

Company has added a new option for AV1 video in its AVFoundation framework, which could lead to the Apple's products supporting 8K

Media Management

Poll: AI-based encoding will be most dominant codec in next five years

Findings revealed from our 5G networks and the new coding standards webinar

Media Delivery

Netflix’s Open Connect ‘saved ISPs over $1 billion in 2021’

Netflix commissioned Analysys Mason to quantify the impact that initiatives such as Open Connect, its caching and traffic delivery programme, and the implementation of...

Business

TVBEurope July/August 2022 issue now available

This issue looks at the plans for broadcast coverage of the Commonwealth Games, investigates the two codecs vying for adoption by the media industry,...

Media Management

DVB Project adds AVS3 codec to video coding specification

AVS3 is able to encode video with approximately 40 per cent bitrate savings for the same subjective quality compared to HEVC, said the DVB

Business

Free webinar: 5G networks and the new coding standards

Speakers include BT Sport's Matt Stagg, InterDigital's Alan Stein, and Simon Forrest from Futuresource Consulting

Media Management

The challenge of low-latency

Stefan Lederer, CEO and co-founder at Bitmovin, looks at how live low-latency streaming remains a challenge, and how AV1 could be 2022's breakout star

Media Management

DTG: A fork in the road coming for video standards

The DTG's latest State of the Nation report takes a look at how streaming video providers are expected to adopt a different video codec...

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Teradek launches 4K HDR encoder/decoder for IP video workflows

Prism Flex is described as the culmination of years of testing and feedback from some of Teradek's largest customers, including NASA and Netflix

Media Management

Marquise Technologies adds VC-6 compression technology to post production workflows

SMPTE ST 2117-1 (VC-6), is a multi-layer coding standard that utilises in-loop AI techniques

Media Management

DVB adds VVC to media delivery toolbox

DVB has revised its DVB-AVC specification to include VVC

Media Management

AI ‘presents opportunity to augment existing coding methods with new tools’

InterDigital and Futuresource investigate emerging uses of AI across segments of the media industry

Media Management

Netflix delivers AV1 streaming to TVs

Netflix said it has seen significant compression efficiency improvements from AV1, with noticeable drops in quality reduced by up to 38 per cent

Media Management

V-Nova’s LCECV validated for mobile streaming

Over 1,000 extensive test scenarios were carried out, enhancing two codecs (LCEVC H.264, LCEVC HEVC) on four sets of content of different frame rates

Media Management

Cloudinary launches Innovation Lab to support and develop next-gen codecs

Company aims to offer a space to experiment with innovative concepts, including new image formats and video technologies driven by AI

Media Management

ATEME natively supports Dolby Atmos and Vision

Titan Live now supports both Dolby AC-4 and Dolby Audio delivery formats, such as Dolby Digital Plus

Media Management

V-Nova LCEVC: A licence to thrill

V-Nova's CEO and co-founder Guido Meardi takes TVBEurope through the company's licensing terms for V-Nova LCEVC, how quickly he believes the technology will be...

Media Management

V-Nova’s VC-6 codec journeys into space

VC-6's AI-powered software library will be integrated into Unibap’s SpaceCloud computing platform onboard a spacecraft which is scheduled for launch this month

Media Consumption

EBU investigates best practice for UHD and HDR

Organisation has launched two new activities looking at UHD and production codecs

Media Management

intoPIX, Fraunhofer IIS partner on JPEG XS joint licensing programme

The near zero latency codec has been designed to transfer any audiovisual content over IP-based workflows, including 4K, 8K and beyond

Audio

Netflix begins using xHE-AAC audio codec on Android

xHE-AAC also offers Netflix improved coding efficiency at low bit rates, an ability to scale up to perceptually-lossless quality at high bit rates, and...

Media Management

Google ‘pushing AV1 support on all new Android TVs’

Company said to want all new Android TVs to support the codec by end of March

Media Management

AWS Elemental MediaLive Statmux adds MPEG-2 support

Broadcasters can use the AWS Cloud to perform MPEG-2 encoding to feed legacy devices with limited codec support, without needing to perform upgrades of...

Media Management

NVIDIA’s new AI-based video compression tech reduces bandwidth to one-tenth of H.264

Company is deploying the tech in its new NVIDIA Maxine platform, which provides developers with a Cloud-based suite of GPU-accelerated AI video conferencing software...

Media Management