Recap: Support for the AV1 codec has grown considerably since its launch in 2018. Large and small platforms quickly adopted the format to minimize bandwidth consumption while preserving image quality.

Being able to wirelessly connect headphones and speakers to your phone or computer is a magic many of us take for granted. It wasn't that long ago that the idea seemed impossibly futuristic. These ...

A new tech blog from Netflix highlights the importance of the AV1 open video codec, which now powers about 30% of the platform’s streaming and discusses a variety of opportunities to expand its ...

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While playing a video or audio, if you receive a Missing Codec Error 0xc004f011, on Windows 11/10, here is how you can fix the problem. Although this problem mainly ...

Android 16 adds support for running media codecs outside of their usual sandboxed process and within the app’s process. Doing this reduces the amount of inter-process communication that needs to ...

Tech’s biggest players are all in on AV1, but competing codecs and technical limitations might be holding it back. Tech’s biggest players are all in on AV1, but competing codecs and technical ...

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