Recap: Support for the AV1 codec has grown considerably since its launch in 2018. Large and small platforms quickly adopted the format to minimize bandwidth consumption while preserving image quality.

The Alliance for Open Media (AOMedia) is preparing to launch AV2, the successor to AV1, by the end of this year. This release is intended to provide a significant upgrade in video compression ...

Rajesh started following the latest happenings in the world of Android around the release of the Nexus One and Samsung Galaxy S. After flashing custom ROMs and kernels on his beloved Galaxy S, he ...

One of the more prominent codecs is Xvid, an open-source MPEG-4 video codec that has gained a reputation (at least afaik) for possessing high compression and being widely supported. But downloading ...

Summary: Android 16 makes media playback more efficient by cutting down on the number of processes required for decoding a video or audio. This is achieved by using media codecs written in Rust, a ...

As much as we love debating the pros and cons of new codecs like AV1, VVC, and LCEVC, independent premium-content publishers have largely ignored them. Take Alliance for Open Media (AOMedia) founding ...

The market for audio applications and devices has significantly grown over the last couple of years. Applications such as smart speakers, Bluetooth speakers, smartphones, and voice-controlled ...

Antonia Haynes is a Game Rant writer who resides in a small seaside town in England where she has lived her whole life. Beginning her video game writing career in 2014, and having an avid love of ...

When playing voice notes on WhatsApp desktop, we noticed it says – You must have an Opus codec installed in order to do this. This indicates that the Opus Codec ...

Callum is a seasoned gaming managing editor for a number of publications and a gamer who will always try to shine a spotlight on indie games before giving AAA titles the time of day. He loves nothing ...

With a little understanding of your Java Edition files/folders (or at least access to the official Minecraft launcher client), installing a tutorial world should be a pretty simple task. By simply ...

If the connection is not optimal, the call quality with Webex has suffered badly so far. Now Cisco is catching up with Microsoft and Google with a new AI codec. Real-time applications such as ...