EDN

Set-top-box decoder supports multiple codecs, standards

Geneva, Switzerland — STMicroelectronics has released a low-cost set-top-box (STB) decoder chip aimed at standard-definition (SD) terrestrial, cable, satellite and Internet Protocol (IP) TV ...
Radio World

Ten Codec Questions to Consider

The author is owner of Kline Consulting and former corporate director of engineering and broadcast IT for several radio companies. The large choice of codecs available on the market can be ...
Ars Technica

How to get the msg711.acm codec from one XP box to another

I have one XP box that has this audio codec on it, and another XP box that does not. A piece of software is crashing when it looks for this codec on startup, and isn't finding it. Simply copying the ...
EDN

IP set-top-box design runs multiple codecs

Media Excel, a developer of software for IPTV (Internet-protocol television) applications, yesterday released a set-top-box reference design that supports H.264, MPEG-4, MPEG-2, and VC-1. The ...