A common encoding format enables content created for one type of device to be easily delivered or adapted to another. A standard open format drives competition and reduces the cost of devices, thereby ...

Evaluation of H.264 video encoding has got easer via a solution that can run on either Altera or Xilinx FPGAs on commercial prototyping boards. The H264-REF H.264 video encoding reference design ...

Now that we've established there's an evident delta in efficiency among a small group of popular media players, it's time to look at formats. All the previous testing was performed using a H.264 video ...

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 ...

H.264 is a buzzword throughout the industry. Since the first version of the H.264/MPEG-4 Part 10 compression standard was released in 2003, there have been multiple revisions, improvements and ...

The group that licenses the widely used H.264 video compression technology decides against adding a Web-streaming royalty charge that could have helped rival formats such as Ogg Theora. Stephen ...

Amsterdam, Netherlands – A number of available H.264 codec solutions were on display at the International Broadcasting Convention that began here last week, indicating the gains the technology has ...

The MB86H51 integrated video processing device from Fujitsu Microelectronics America is the industry's first single-chip solution for full HD H.264 High-Profile version 4.0 video processing that ...

Any Dissenters in the House? Microsoft is one company that might offer a counterpoint to "H.264 uber alles." VC-1, Microsoft’s published specification for what was originally Windows Media 9, is an ...

If you’re a digital-video professional—someone who records weddings, sells stock footage, or edits B-roll—chances are good you deal with H.264. But after reading software license agreements, you might ...