H.264

H.264 is an industry standard for video compression, the state-of-the-art digital encoding format for high definition video. H.264 provides powerful compression technology that provides a superior video experience at a lower bit rate, without increasing the complexity of design so much that it would be impractical or excessively expensive to implement.

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FFmpeg now has the fastest VP8 decoder - ffvp8

Written on July 25th, 2010 at 02:59 am by shredder12

The whole story began after the VP8 codec was opened by Google. Soon after its release, Jason Garrett-Glaser, a x264 and ffmpeg developer, came up with a highly extensive review of the codec. And in his technical review, he mentioned that the VP8 decoder is slow as compared to H.264, pointed out some of its weaknesses and also said that VP8 copies too much from H.264 for ease and because of this, the codec could be susceptible to patent issues.

Internet Explorer dips below 60% in the Browser market share

Written on May 5th, 2010 at 01:14 am by shredder12

Yet another bad month for this Microsoft Browser. According to the Net Application, Internet Explorer's market share has gone below 60% for the first time. IE user base continues to decrease with the April 2010 stats showing 59.95% share of IE.

Adobe tries to stay ahead in Web Tech, introduces hardware acceleration in Flash Plug-in 10.1

Written on April 7th, 2010 at 17:15 pm by shredder12

With the introduction of HTML5 , it seemed that Adobe System's flash plugin will soon reach its end. But with the release of latest Flash Plugin 10.1, available as RC, Adobe System's finally found a way to keep their Flash Plug-in at the top of the charts. This new plugin introduces hardware decoding support of H.264 videos which will result in a significant reduction of resources and battery consumption.

IE9 preview ties the fight between H.264 and Ogg Theora

Written on March 18th, 2010 at 00:59 am by chia

With the ongoing fight about the codec technology to be used for the built-in video feature of HTML5, the decision of Microsoft for IE9 was looked upon as the major decider to bridge this major technology divide. But in IE9's preview this Tuesday, their decision to adopt H.264 technology proved to be heart breaker for Ogg Theora and open-source fan camp.

FFmpeg 0.6, codenamed "Works with HTML5", Released

Written on June 16th, 2010 at 14:51 pm by shredder12

After nearly 15 months, FFmpeg developers have finally released another major version, FFmpeg 0.6 a.k.a "Works with HTML5". It might not sound like a "codename" but it really tells you a lot about what major improvements does this release comes with.

Google finally comes as a saviour for Open-video, funds TheorARM codec

Written on April 12th, 2010 at 20:54 pm by shredder12

The fight between Theora and H.264 to be "The One" is reginited with the decision of Google to fund TheorARM, an ARM-optimized version of Ogg Theora codec. ARM processors are used for small devices - mobiles, smartphones, PDAs etc. and this move by Google is a boost for this opensource codec in the world of hand-held devices.

Wikipedia breaks the tie, adopts Theora Codec

Written on March 20th, 2010 at 21:19 pm by chia

Whenever I read the term freedom of open or free knowledge, the first thing that comes to my mind is Wikipedia. It is a non-profit organization, is no doubt the biggest source of knowledge, featuring milllions of articles and provides you with probably everything you need to know, for free. But it does lack one important content type, Video. And now, the open video alliance has recently announced a project to support Videos on Wikipedia.

HTML5 Video Codec Debate

Written on January 26th, 2010 at 17:09 pm by chia

HTML5 is new web standard that is gaining popularity and will add many new features to your web experience. The next version of HTML i.e HTML5 will include several new tags for embedding video, audio, and other graphical content(<video>, <audio>, etc). Recently youtube announced that it is now supporting its new HTML5 video. With new HTML5 video player you will not need Adobe flash player to view it, videos will load faster.

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