MPC is long dead, like dead and buried and a forest has grown on the grave and been cut down and paved over with an asphalt parking lot, dead. I found MPC-BE, but I'm not sure if that's the fork to ...

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 ...

Microsoft has had a strange relationship with local video playback for the past several years. It’s one of those features that was caught in the purgatory that was created with the start of Windows 10 ...

A company recognized as a maker of advanced video encoding and streaming tools has acquired a provider of H.264 encoding workflow solutions to broadcasters worldwide. With the purchase of Telairity, ...

In the ever-evolving world of technology and video capture and formats, new standards often appear to enhance our digital lives. A good example of this is the high-performance file formats and codecs ...

The battery consumption is less as compared to other available 4K video players for Windows. According to the official statement, this happens because of the implementation of Intel Hardware ...

Android natively supports various video codecs including MPEG-4 SP, H.264 AVC, and H.263. However, your stock Android video player app might not run HEVC files and several other formats if it's old.

This week it has been announced that QNAP and CAYIN partner to to release MediaSign Player adding HEIF/HEVC Support to NAS Servers. QNAP users can download MediaSign Player from the QTS App Center.

Our mobile devices wouldn’t be the same without video capabilities. What would life be like for us (or our kids) without YouTube, Tout, Facebook, and now Vine, with all of the advantages of easily ...

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 ...