Multimedia combines selected elements of text, audio, still images, video, and graphics together in a single media object. Streaming technology delivers those objects in real-time, while the media is ...

In response to the growing demand for proprietary multimedia codecs on the open-source Linux platform, multimedia software development company Fluendo has released GStreamer codec plugins that provide ...

A typical Linux system is largely comprised of unrestricted, open-source software. But some of the most popular software around is either closed-source or open-source, but restricted by patents.

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 ...

This presentation explores the history of codecs, containers, and protocols and their impact on the present state of streaming. Learn what qt-faststart does, why h264_mp4toannexb is sometimes ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. and ST. ALBANS, England, June 25, 2008 – ARC International (LSE: ARK), a leading provider of consumer intellectual property (IP) to OEM and semiconductor companies, has launched a new ...

It’s simplistic to think of a multimedia codec (coder/decoder) as a simple pairing of analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog converters (ADCs and DACs), often with a few “bells and whistles” placed ...

As 64-bit processing becomes mainstream, the next major computing platform shift is due to arrive by 2008. If the open source community doesn’t step up to the plate and address major impediments to ...

Linux Mint is one of the most popular desktop distributions around. And one of its most appealing features was that it shipped with multimedia codecs. But that practice will end with Linux Mint 18, ...

Most have heard the word Codec and may have wondered what it stands for and what it is used for. This post will tell you key points regarding Codecs on your computer and the reason why they are ...

Summary: Android 16 makes media playback more efficient by cutting down on the number of processes required for decoding a video or audio. This is achieved by using ...