Sony's LDAC codec enables hi-res audio on Android phones, but you need to download the Sound Connect companion app and change this setting to use it.

So you've got your shiny new wireless headphones, and they're all connected up to your Android phone. You open Spotify, get that 25-hour Pop Punk playlist running, and set off for some on-the-go ...

The cynics in the streaming pundit class often liked to say that transcoding video for streaming delivery is about taking good video and making it worse. The challenge, of course, is to make whatever ...

Skype will license a high-quality audio codec in its latest VoIP (voice over Internet Protocol) software to any developer or vendor free of charge, the eBay subsidiary announced Tuesday. The codec, ...

Ever since Apple made the brave and not-at-all-controversial decision to remove the headphone jack from the iPhone, the rest of the tech industry followed suit. Today, it's rare to see someone using a ...

Hi, I make amateur videos for friends & family for special occasions/goofing around and whatnot. I'm using a Mini DV cam, a Matrox Marvel g400 cap card, and adobe premiere. The Marvel caps in MJPEG ...

A new report published by InterDigital suggests HEVC will become the leading codec to support high-quality streaming content. The report, written by Futuresource, looks at HEVC’s development, how it ...

Andrew Gladding is a radio broadcast engineer, interviewer, DJ and music producer. He is chief engineer for Salem Media in New York, which operates WMCA(AM) and WNYM(AM), as well as the chief of ...

It’s been 3-plus years since the MPEG codec explosion that brought us VVC, LCEVC, and EVC. Rather than breathlessly trumpet every single-digit quality improvement or design win, I’ll quickly get you ...

We asked a sampling of industry engineers and users for their perspectives on the evolution of codec designs and applications ...