One of the many characteristics of H.264/AVC that makes it difficult to understand is its use of terms similar to those used when discussing MPEG-2 — for example, “I,” “P” and “B.” An H.264 I-slice is ...

Earlier this week, Steve Jobs said quite confidently that alternatives like H.264 have already made the lion’s share of web video available to devices that don’t ...

[In response to reader questions and comments, this article was updated at 6:20 a.m. on Monday, May 24. See author's comments at the end of the article.—Ed] VP8 is now free, but if the quality is ...

The H.264 video compression standard defines the bitstream resulting from compressing video using the tools within the standard. The standard does not describe how the tools are implemented nor does ...

OK, so you're cheap and in a hurry and you just want the answer to a single question, "What's the best free H.264 encoder?" Well, you're in the right place, in this short review; I compare HandBreak, ...

OFUNA, Japan &#151 Mitsubishi Electric Corp. has demonstrated real-time H.264 encoding with a general purpose DSP during an open house earlier this week at its Information Technology R&D Center in ...

Billed As “Possibly the Best Video Encoder Money Can Buy” Aachen, Germany and Beachwood, Ohio - MainConcept, a world leader in codecs and video technology, has released a new version of its H.264 AVC ...

Last week Netflix debuted offline viewing mode, something that subscribers have been wanting for a long time. With the offline mode, users were allowed to download shows and movies directly to their ...

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 ...

Billed As “Possibly the Best Video Encoder Money Can Buy” Aachen, Germany and Beachwood, Ohio - MainConcept, a world leader in codecs and video technology, has released a new version of its H.264 AVC ...