In January, a new video codec called H.265 (also known as High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) was approved by the ITU-T. This is significant for a couple of reasons: It needs only half the bit rate of ...

The next-generation High Efficiency Video codec (HEVC), H.265, has hit a major public milestone thanks to the work of the developer MultiCoreWare. MCW is launching a new commercial open-source venture ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. The Motion Pictures Expert Group (MPEG) has released a new draft which should see the release of a new video codec, H.265. The proposed High Efficiency ...

While Apple's new iPhone 6 and 6 Plus have drawn attention for their new form factors and flashy Retina HD displays, the handsets boast substantial under-the-hood advancements, including support for ...

PORTLAND, ORE. –Elemental Technologies, supplier of video solutions for multiscreen content delivery, now supports for the high-efficiency video coding H.265 codec. With a flexible software-based ...

Texas Instruments has announced an H.265 codec implementation optimized for its TMS320C6678 KeyStone-based multicore DSP. Intended for parallel processing applications, the H.265 standard is the ...

While VP8, Google's initial attempt at a royalty-free video codec, failed to gain much traction, the search giant is now focusing its efforts on ultra-high-resolution 4K video with its new VP9 codec, ...

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Aiming at image quality exceeding the latest video codec (video compression standard) such as HEVC (H.265) and VP9,Royalty-freeOpen Source · Next Generation Codec "Daala (Dara)"Has been reported so ...

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 ...