Audio-video transcoding has historically been considered a straightforward, traditional affair in which the encoded source video was decoded to produce a not-quite-perfect version of the original ...

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Another move today from Amazon that speaks to its growing presence in content delivery and enterprise services, done at competition-beating prices: today the company launched Elastic Transcoder, a new ...

Harmonic’s Rhozet Carbon Coder video transcoding solution has been deployed by thePlatform, a broadband video management and publishing provider, and subsidiary of Comcast Cable. thePlatform is using ...

In the 1980s, the world discovered the “just-in-time” manufacturing strategy. Now, Dallas, TX-based startup Ripcode is bringing the just-in-time workflow to multiscreen video publishing with its ...

When you’re driving on the highway, it sometimes can be easy to take key pieces of infrastructure for granted. Our cars roll over a bridge during rush hour, and we don’t think twice about it. As long ...

Video transcoding is the problem of converting from one compressed video format to another by decoding to raw video frames and then re-encoding in the new format. In many applications efficient ...

Microsoft PowerToys is a free application that brings a bunch of advanced features to Windows for power users. Some of those tools give you more control over your mouse and keyboard settings. Others ...

Last week's Xbox 360 Fall Dashboard update added support for the Windows Media Video (WMV) video codec. The feature was a welcomed gain for non-Media Center users who have been limited to photo and ...

Having a personal media server that's online 24/7 is an underrated luxury. It gives you complete control over your media, ...

I will be traveling soon which will involve a 10 hour flight. I will want to watch movies and TV shows from my 13" mbp (built in battery, 9400m GPU). How should I encode/transcode the files to ensure ...