When it comes to very high-resolution video, researchers concluded that a new video compression technology is a big step up from today's prevailing H.264 standard. Stephen Shankland Former Principal ...

Google today announced it has enabled its VP9 video codec by default on the Chrome dev channel. The addition means users of the company’s browser can expect to see the next-generation compression ...

Videos consume a lot of storage due to high-resolution frames and audio data, especially in 4K or at high frame rates. Uncompressed videos can quickly fill up your phone’s storage, slow down ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 standards are now at a relatively mature stage. At the same time, new ...

As much as Apple keeps hyping them up, those 4K 60fps videos will chew through your iPhone's storage space like you wouldn't believe. When you get to the point where you have to choose between keeping ...

AV1 compression technology from companies like Google, Microsoft, Amazon and Netflix is here. And it's blowing up the video industry's patent rules, too. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to ...

To wrap up our recent series of articles on VESA video compression codecs, this month we will look at the use of video compression on digital display interfaces, using the DisplayPort 1.4 standard as ...

Sometimes you just need a solid software package to get the job done. Here’s a list of my favorite video tools that will help you do just that without emptying your wallet. Sometimes you just need a ...

Apple Inc. recently acquired WaveOne Inc., a startup that develops video compression algorithms using artificial intelligence, according to a report today from TechCrunch. Although Apple did not ...

Anyone who was lucky enough to secure a Gmail invite back in early 2004 would have gasped in wonder at the storage on offer, a whole gigabyte! Nearly two decades later there’s more storage to be had ...