Being able to wirelessly connect headphones and speakers to your phone or computer is a magic many of us take for granted. It wasn't that long ago that the idea seemed impossibly futuristic. These ...

The Alliance for Open Media (AOMedia) will release the AV2 open video codec specification by the end of the year, as an update of the now widely-used AV1 video codec with up to 40% bandwidth reduction ...

Alfatron Electronics, the Raleigh, N.C.-based, manufacturer, has introduced the ALF-IPK1HE 4K Networked Encoder and ALF-IPK1HD 4K Networked Decoder, designed for distributing high-quality AV signals ...

Decoder is now a video podcast. We’re very excited to announce that Decoder is now officially on YouTube. So if you prefer to watch and not just listen to your podcasts, you can head over to ...

OpenZL formalizes compression as a computational graph: nodes are codecs/graphs, edges are typed message streams, and the finalized graph is serialized with the payload. Any frame produced by any ...

Vodafone, Meta, and Google have released a white paper detailing the benefits of advanced video compression technology in mid and low tier smartphones to enhance the viewing experience for more people ...

Samsung plans to improve its smartphone video capture in the Galaxy S26 by introducing its much-anticipated Advanced Professional Video (APV) codec. Unveiled during the company's 2023 developer ...

In a nutshell: Streaming and other demanding video applications are growing rapidly, and existing codecs are struggling to keep pace. Fortunately, AOMedia has pledged to finalize a new generation of ...

Speculation over what major Beatles product Apple Corps would issue as the group’s big annual fall release can now end: It’s a reissue of all of the components of “Anthology,” the band’s multimedia ...

Though a touch dated, the Omdia chart in Figure 1 shows worldwide phone shipments by price point over the designated periods. As you can see, phones costing below $150 are leading the charge. While ...