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Mozilla relents on H.264 codec support

...mobile, has forced Mozilla to finally change its view towards supporting the codec, despite years of sustained opposition. Mozilla has recently been working on its... Read more

20 March, 2012 by Chris Duckett

Xiph resumes Ghost audio codec development

...The Xiph.Org Foundation has resumed development of its Ghost audio codec, having left off the work in 2007. Xiph.Org has resumed work... Read more

24 January, 2011 by Stephen Shankland

Google defends H.264 video codec move

...of its decision to drop support for a popular HTML 5 video codec by declaring that a royalty-supported standard for web video will hold... Read more

17 January, 2011 by Tom Krazit

Google updates VP8 video codec

...latest version of the software does not change the VP8 technology — a codec that defines a method of encoding and decoding video — but works faster... Read more

10 March, 2011 by Stephen Shankland

Google adds VP8 video tech to standards group

...said. "This is independent from a standards track." VP8 is a Google codec used to convert video into a more compact form for tasks such... Read more

24 January, 2011 by Stephen Shankland

Google drops H.264 video support from Chrome

...Tuesday to remove built-in Chrome support for the H.264 video codec favoured by the likes of Apple and Microsoft. The move places Google... Read more

12 January, 2011 by Stephen Shankland

Google speeds up WebM video software

...adding a duck-related code name. The new component of the VP8 codec — called Aylesbury after the domesticated duck breed — is better at both encoding... Read more

2 November, 2010 by Stephen Shankland

Orange kickstarts HD voice service with four handsets

...Voice logo. The technology is based on the adaptive multirate wideband (AMW) codec, which uses a 50-7000Hz frequency range as opposed to the 300... Read more

1 September, 2010 by David Meyer

Google revises VP8 for WebM codec

...the technology. VP8, combined with the Vorbis audio technology, form the WebM codec with which Google is trying to unfetter web video from the patent... Read more

21 June, 2010 by Stephen Shankland

Motorola hit by two EU antitrust probes over patents

...s case, the patents in question deal with the H.264 video codec. Motorola owns around 50 patents that are used in this technology, and... Read more

4 April, 2012 by David Meyer

Microsoft builds H.264 video plug-in for Firefox

...H.264 video technology in Mozilla's Firefox. H.264 is a codec that is widely used in video cameras, Blu-ray players and online... Read more

16 December, 2010 by Stephen Shankland

Khronos Group updates audio, video coding interfaces

Updates to the OpenSL and OpenMax interfaces should make it easier for programmers to tap into the power of computing hardware and use codecs Read more

19 January, 2011 by Stephen Shankland
K-Lite Mega <endeca_term>Codec</endeca_term> Pack 8.8

K-Lite Mega Codec Pack 8.8

K-Lite Mega Codec Pack is a collection of codecs, DirectShow filters and tools. Codecs and... Read more

15 May, 2012
K-lite <endeca_term>Codec</endeca_term> Pack Basic 8.8

K-lite Codec Pack Basic 8.8

K-Lite Codec Pack Basic is a collection of VFW or ACM codecs, DirectShow filters... Read more

15 May, 2012
K-Lite <endeca_term>Codec</endeca_term> Pack Full 8.8

K-Lite Codec Pack Full 8.8

K-Lite Codec Pack Full is a collection of VFW or ACM codecs, DirectShow filters... Read more

15 May, 2012

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