Video coding is just about to get a whole lot more efficient. Fraunhofer HHI has officially released the H.266, or Versatile Video Coding (VVC), standard, which offers improved compression up to a ...

On April 12th, my students threw down a challenge to the world: Create a video about coding and/or creativity and send it to us. They would then pick the top video and the winner would receive two new ...

Delivering high-quality video over a low quality IP network can be challenging. As described previously in this column, adding Forward Error Correction (FEC) data can ...

We recently completed a high-level analysis of High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) technologies. To understand the patenting and licensing scenarios around HEVC technology, we identified all patents ...

I'd like to call it H.265, because it sounds cool, but its full name is High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC). It's the new successor to Advanced Video Coding (AVC), also known as H.264, which is one of ...

Over the past few years — especially with the cost of data coming down significantly — the consumption of audio and video through various streaming services has been soaring at a rapid pace. As a ...

BEAVERTON, Ore.—The Media Coding Industry Forum (MC-IF) has issued an update on its recent efforts and provided some predictions for 2024, which the group expects to be a “breakout year” for Versatile ...

The intention is to develop “better immersive media” and mobile video user experiences for when 6G comes around. The three firms combined their video codec research chops with the aim of strengthening ...

Managing IP sat down with Nokia’s head of multimedia technologies, Ville-Veikko Mattila, to discuss the cutting-edge applications of Versatile Video Coding, and the societal challenges that could be ...