With VLC 2.1.1, VideoLAN continues to sidestep the software patent licensing minefield of video compression. Meanwhile, open-source allies put muscle behind the new Daala codec. Stephen Shankland ...

There’s a lot of interest in ultra-high definition (UHD) video, and the two codecs that drive it, HEVC and VP9. Over the past few months, a new UHD codec called Daala has also come to the fore. I ...

Some Dell and HP laptop owners have been befuddled by their machines’ inability to play HEVC/H.265 content in web browsers, despite their machines’ processors having integrated decoding support.

HP and Dell has disabled support for the High-Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) standard in some of their laptops, Ars Technica reports. HEVC is a codec that enables the compression of large videos into ...

WILMINGTON, Del., Dec. 06, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HEVC is a codec of choice in the streaming industry, according to a new report commissioned by InterDigital, Inc. (IDCC), a mobile and video ...

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Access Advance LLC, an independent licensing administrator for leading video codec patent pools, today announced that Xiaomi has joined the HEVC Advance Patent Pool and the ...

While few companies of any kind are actually making money from HEVC (H.265) today, the successor to H.264 will become increasingly important during the next 2–3 years, perhaps even earlier in some ...

BERLIN, GERMANY—When it comes to advances in telecommunications technology—and specifically video codecs—Germany’s Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute has been at the forefront. The organization is an ...