Expect multimedia applications to increase dramatically over the next few years, stimulated by the arrival of third-generation networks and explosive growth in the number of portable devices capable ...

Wolfson Microelectronics introduced the WM8569 stereo CODEC, targeted for a range of audio applications including sound cards, digital televisions, DVD-RW devices and the rapidly growing portable ...

Allowing users to design consumer electronics that connect directly to miniDV camcorders over IEEE-1394, the NW721 digital-video (DV) codec provides a bi-directional digital-to-digital path to next ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The question is, is this format war too inside-baseball for most CE retailers and vendors to ...

Video compression is the critical enabler of all video streaming, and today we’re at a codec crossroads unlike any that we’ve experienced. Though H.264 remains firmly entrenched as the go-to codec for ...

To further simplify development of digital video products, the eXpressDSP digital media software standard (xDM) adds an algorithm that ensures sweat-free codec implementation and integration for ...

Microsoft published a new support page with details about codec support in the Windows Media Player app. As it turns out, the company is removing AC-3 Dolby Digital support in Windows 11 version 24H2.

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(click thumbnail)Nero DigitalNero is promoting its Nero Digital Audio as a video and audio codec solution. It is based on MPEG-4 ISO 14496-2/-3/-10 standards, which it says allows the flexibility to ...