Recently, I reviewed the Deep Render AI codec and noticed a substantial disconnect between subjective …
Read More »Masonry Layout
Deep Render: An AI Codec That Encodes in FFmpeg, Plays in VLC, and Outperforms SVT-AV1
While many AI-based codecs are still making their first appearance in white papers, often with …
Read More »x265 and WPP: What’s Fast Isn’t Always Efficient
If you’re optimizing x265 for speed, enabling Wavefront Parallel Processing (WPP) looks like a no-brainer. …
Read More »Evaluating DCVC-RT: A Real-Time Neural Video Codec That Delivers on Speed and Compression
Background Authors & Affiliations: Zhaoyang Jia and Linfeng Qi (USTC), Bin Li, Jiahao Li, Wenxuan …
Read More »Google’s Cookie Reversal: While Advertisers Rejoice, Legal Trouble Lurks in the Weeds
Google just kicked the can down the road—again—on killing third-party cookies in Chrome. While much …
Read More »HEVC Licensing: Misunderstood, Maligned, and Surprisingly Successful
I’ve been involved in a seemingly never-ending debate that started with the dubious (to me) …
Read More »Adobe Updates Premiere Pro for NAB 2025
If you edit using the Adobe Creative Suite, you’ve doubtless heard about the updates released …
Read More »TV 3.0 and LCEVC: From Standards Win to Real-World Stakes
One of the more intriguing questions surrounding Brazil’s TV 3.0 broadcast upgrade is whether it …
Read More »Amazon Takes a License From Nokia: A Milestone for Content-Side Codec Royalties
Nokia has announced a patent agreement with Amazon, covering video technologies used in both “streaming …
Read More »Netflix’s HDR10+ AV1: Finally Matching HEVC for Premium Content Delivery
Netflix just announced that it is delivering AV1 video with HDR10+ to certified devices, which …
Read More »