You are correct that video and audio codecs are implemented in both hardware and software. As with other forms of technology, understanding the differences can improve your ability to select the form ...

Agreement Will Make the VSS H.264 Codec the Centerpiece of the IBM/CodecSys Jointly Developed Encoder SALT LAKE CITY, UT -- Jun 20, 2007 -- Broadcast International (OTC BB:BCST.OB - News) ("BI") and ...

The capability of an embedded system to play audio is becoming a fairly common feature in today’s devices. Audio provides great feedback to a user, but with so much high-fidelity audio available today ...

ERLANGEN, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--With the release of the Android P beta 3 preview, Fraunhofer IIS announces a new version of the popular FDK library which has been a part of Android since 2012. The ...

The New York-based company Monday officially launched VP6, a software product that compresses large video files for transport and decoding to a wide range of electronics devices, including set-top ...

With a mission to make codec herding easier, Tieline has released the TieLink Traversal Server. According to Tieline, it is “designed to facilitate simple codec discovery, NAT traversal, and ...

TiVo has slowly been expanding the scope of its service to include the commonly available content the Internet has to offer. Last week, the company finally announced support for YouTube content, and ...

SEATTLE, Jan. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- RealNetworks, Inc. (Nasdaq: RNWK) today announced that it has signed an agreement to sell a significant number of its patents and its next generation video codec ...

Intel is to buy “a significant number” of patents (approximately 190 patents and 170 patent applications) and video codec software from RealNetworks for a purchase price of $120 million. Under the ...

Linux is famous for its open-source nature, but sometimes you just need to use proprietary drivers or codecs. Here's how to do so on many of the top Linux distros. A typical Linux system is largely ...

RealNetworks is cleaning house and Intel is the buyer. Real announced today that it's selling approximately 190 patents, 170 patent applications, and "next generation video codec software" to Intel ...