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Pleased to announce my second report on LCEVC Technology entitled LCEVC x264 Report: Live Sports & eGames, ABR Ladder. The first report assessed VOD performance at 1080p; this report tested live performance using a full encoding ladder and weighted average performance as well as BD-Rate comparisons. Here’s the Table of …
Codecs
April, 2021
March, 2021
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30 March
Webinar: Video Codecs in 2021 and Beyond with Jan Ozer
I was honored to present a free webinar entitled Video Codecs in 2021 and Beyond with Muvi on April 8, 2021. The slides and recording are below. Here’s the description. There has never been a time where so many video codecs were available (or soon to be available) for video …
February, 2021
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21 February
Computing Breakeven on New Codec Deployments
This article and the associated Google Sheet present an analytical model for computing breakeven on new codec deployments. On a LinkedIn post here, Johan Skaneby asked: Technical comparisons and documentation on different codec performance are very interesting and important, but all development of technologies are always closely related to market …
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8 February
Beginner’s Guide to Codecs
This post provides an introduction to video codecs. It’s an entry-level article designed to help streaming newbies understand what codecs are, what they do, how to compare them, and why they succeed or fail. Video codecs are compression technologies that reduce the bitrate of digital video to manageable sizes. Video …
January, 2021
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24 January
Codec-Related Articles on the Streaming Learning Center
Here are some of the most popular codec-related articles that I’ve written lately for this site, Streaming Media Magazine, and some other outlets. General The Streaming Codec Landscape in 2021 – (January 2021) By any measure, 2020 was a hectic year for video codecs or the compression technologies that drive streaming …
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4 January
Google Adding HEVC Playback to Chrome? Seems like a Longshot
I recently received the following message from a colleague, a respected IP attorney, on LinkedIn. Hi Jan, hope all’s well. What do you make of Google joining HEVC Advance’s pool (now Access Advance)? Talking to some relevant players, I think it’s a prelude to Chrome supporting HEVC. Do you think …
November, 2020
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28 November
New AV1 Training Course Teaches How To Encode with AV1
A new Streaming Learning Center Course, Encoding with the AV1 Codec, teaches how to optimize AV1 encoding with four AV1 codecs (aomenc, libaom-av1, SVT-AV1, Aurora1). Available now for $99.95. If you’re looking for a structured AV1 training program to learn how to encode with AV1, this is it. Click here …
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27 November
Webinar: Choosing a Codec in 2021 and Beyond: Archive Version Now Available
Thank you to all who registered and attended. The archived version of this event is available here: registration is required. Free Webinar: Choosing a Codec in 2021 and Beyond December 8, 2020, 2:00 – 3:00 PM EST Codecs like H.264 and AV1 are the key enabling technologies for all …
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15 November
Encoding H.264-Advanced Topics
Recently I received a shortlist of compression-related questions from a consulting buddy; he’s always been gracious in answering my questions and I wanted to return the favor. Since he’s asking, I thought others might be curious as well; hence this blog post that largely incorporates my responses to his questions, …
October, 2020
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28 October
Catching Up with VVC
VVC is one of the three codecs to be launched by MPEG in 2020. I wrote about VVC extensively here (business side) and here (technical side), and wanted to provide some quick updates. By way of background, codecs have two sides, the performance side, and the business side. In this …