You know the drill. Take some video with your digital camera or DV cam, transfer it to your Mac or PC, maybe give it the editing treatment, and encode it for posting to your website, podcast, or ...

Concurrent with the update to iTunes 7.0.x, the iTunes Store began offering all videos in a 640x480 resolution, rather than the 320x240 resolution previously offered. MacFixIt reader Paul Chistensen ...

Low-cost FPGAs are now making it possible to implement high- performance encoding systems on a cost-effective and low-power FPGA fabric. This enables systems with the right combination of power, ...

The H.264 video compression standard defines the bitstream resulting from compressing video using the tools within the standard. The standard does not describe how the tools are implemented nor does ...

I recently wrote three blog posts about the codecs YouTube uses to encode videos uploaded to the site. Looking back, I realize I was flying blind for the first two posts. Then, based on data gathered ...

[Editor's note: In what follows we'll be taking you through the task of encoding video for consumption on the (video) iPod. Some of our examples will include preparing video from a DVD. Some but not ...

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Vivek Yadav, an engineering manager from ...

A few days before the iPhone 15 release, Apple updated Final Cut Pro's software for both Mac and iPad to support log-encoded video shots on the company's newer iPhones. Log-encoded videos are among ...

There are number of handy video encoders for the Mac, but we believe Handbrake is the best thanks to its fast and powerful encoding abilities, open-source codebase, and $0 price tag. Handbrake encodes ...

As tablets and phones with touch screens proliferate, more and more people are watching videos on mobile devices. But any website with video must decide which devices to support and encode their video ...