In a nutshell: Google just released AV1 3.5, the newest version of the video-encoding technology, which threatens to be a major player in the content and media industry. The codec now has much more ...

MGW Vision Fully Supports 4K/UHD Content While Enabling Broadcast-Quality, Low-Latency Streaming and Reducing Bandwidth Utilization SUNNYVALE, Calif. — April 18, 2016 — VITEC, a worldwide leader in ...

Another great update for FFmpeg.

In a move to expand its Talon line of stand-alone hardware encoders, launched at last year’s NAB Show with the Talon G1 three-channel streaming contribution encoder, Osprey Video has released three ...

I discovered something interesting in the video encoding app Handbrake today. When you encode a video, you can select between several encode options. The most obvious choices are H.264 and H.265. The ...

One of the hardest choices encoding technicians have to make is deciding between hardware and software. Hardware-based encoders and transcoders have had a performance advantage over software since ...

SUNNYVALE, Calif. — Oct. 7, 2015 — VITEC, a worldwide leader in advanced video encoding and streaming solutions, today announced that its MGW Ace — the world’s first portable HEVC hardware encoder — ...

This article appears in the February/March issue of Streaming Media magazine, the annual Streaming Media Industry Sourcebook. In these Buyer's Guide articles, we don't claim to cover every product or ...

WAYNE, NJ (April 4, 2019) – JVC Professional Video, a division of JVCKENWOOD USA Corporation, today announced the ProHD BR-EN900 encoder designed for studio and remote production, ENG, live streaming ...

Hardware encoders are not much faster and significantly worse in quality, efficiency and bitrate than x264. Quicksync probably uses less power, mind, but it's usually cheaper to do a poorer job. There ...