In the recent WWDC keynote, Apple touted their new and improved codec, HEVC (H.265), claiming the same quality with half the file size, or better quality with the same size. OK, but the real question ...

Video is the Internet. The networking giant Cisco estimates it consumed about 70 percent of all online traffic in 2014, and that share will rise to between 80 and 90 percent by 2018. The ...

Video compression is the critical enabler of all video streaming, and today we’re at a codec crossroads unlike any that we’ve experienced. Though H.264 remains firmly entrenched as the go-to codec for ...

Samsung is being sued by MPEG LA, a licensing body that holds the patents for the HEVC codec among others. According to the complaint (via Business Wire), Samsung was both a licensor and licensee from ...

The technology, also called H.265 and the successor to H.264, promises to double video quality for better streaming and higher-res TV. But it'll come with a patent burden, too. Stephen Shankland ...

WILMINGTON, Del., Dec. 06, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HEVC is a codec of choice in the streaming industry, according to a new report commissioned by InterDigital, Inc. (Nasdaq: IDCC), a mobile and video ...

If you plan to view pictures and videos from your mobile device on Windows 11, you will probably need to install the HEIF codecs. The High-Efficiency Image File Format (HEIF) is a container for images ...

Jeff's favorite screen cleaning cloth that polishes to a shine. Today H.265 enjoys widespread use on Apple devices like the iPhone, as it’s the default codec used by video capture within the stock ...

BERLIN, GERMANY—When it comes to advances in telecommunications technology—and specifically video codecs—Germany’s Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute has been at the forefront. The organization is an ...

A standards group completes its work on a compression technology called HEVC, or H.265, which promises to improve resolution, image quality, and color. Google's VP9 is waiting in the wings. Stephen ...