The Blu-ray Disc Association and Microsoft have agreed to include the VC-1 advanced compression video codec, the proposed SMPTE standard based on Windows Media 9, as a mandatory codec in Blu-ray ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. "VC-1 isn't a standard yet, but the recent move by SMPTE to pass the codec from Committee Draft ...

After over 2.5 years of delay from its initial submission (thanks to BetaNews for the stats), the Microsoft-championed VC-1 codec is finally a SMPTE standard. Approval of the specification was by no ...

Backers of the Blu-ray DVD format are adopting Microsoft's video compression technology, giving the software giant a secure foothold in each of the two major camps battling to establish a successor to ...

The telcos are marshalling their forces for a battle with cable TV providers that will shape the landscape of television, high-speed Internet, and telephone service for next decade. Cable multiple ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Microsoft’s effort to control audio and video applications for consumer electronics, movies and ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. The Blu-Ray Disc Association said Tuesday that it will ...

Making the Raspberry Pi affordable involved some tough calls, including the omission of MPEG-2 decoding. Licensing fees alone for the video software would have boosted the board's price by ...

At the National Association of Broadcasters 2006 convention in Las Vegas on Monday, Microsoft and Universal Pictures announced a collaboration on the release of next-generation HD DVD discs. The discs ...

SMPTE, the home for media professionals, technologists, and engineers — and a global organisation dedicated to advancing interoperability of hardware and software by developing engineering standards ...

The Raspberry Pi Foundation has started selling licences for MPEG-2 and VC-1 video codecs, after complaints from users who turned the cheap Linux computer into a media centre. Because the £25 Linux ...

SMPTE and Avid have published a new standard for the VC-3 codec in IMF. Provided under Avid’s DNx brand, the VC-3 standard is a primary production code in global use for broadcast functions including ...