Reuters: EU Investigating AOMedia For Possible Anti-Trust Practices With AV1
The Alliance for Open Media (AOMedia), developer of the AV1 codec used by Netflix, Google’s YouTube and other streaming services, as a potentially more efficient alternative to HEVC, is under investigation by the European Union for possible anti-trust activities, Reuters reported last week. If such…
LG Joins AOMedia’s AV1 Codec Promoter Level
LG Electronics has formally joined The Alliance for Open Media (AOMedia), on the “Promoter” level for the open AV1 codec that is building momentum as an alternative to HEVC H.265. According to AOMedia, LG joined its ranks at the Promoter level, lining up with previous…
Netflix Expands AV1 Codec Streaming To Smart TVs
Netflix has begun streaming content encoded with the three-year-old high-efficiency codec AV1 from the Alliance of Open Media (AOMedia) on supporting smart TVs, expanding the range of devices beyond Android mobile products. The world’s largest video streaming network announced the move in a blog on…
Netflix Adds Support For xHE-AAC Audio Codec In Its Android Apps
Netflix has added support for the advanced xHE-AAC audio codec for content streamed via its Android apps to allow consistent loudness and fidelity of dialog and music between TVs and mobile devices. The information affirming that the Fraunhofer-licensed codec is now a part of the…
New VVC/H.266 Codec Unveiled To Speed HD, 4K, 8K Transmission
German AV codec experts the Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute formally announced this week the development of a new AV compression codec optimized for 4K, 8K and other video resolution data formats, called Versatile Video Coding (VVC)/H.266, to serve as a possible successor to HEVC/H.265. In…
DTS Play-Fi Products Begin To Add Airplay 2 Support
DTS said Thursday that it is adding support for Apple’s AirPlay 2 wireless lossless audio streaming platform to select DTS Play-Fi products. AirPlay 2 support is now available on the McIntosh RS200 and Arcam rPlay, with additional products to be announced this year, the company…
Does Samsung’s Blu-ray Withdrawl Doom Discs?
Despite the recently announced decision by Samsung to end further introductions of Blu-ray and Ultra HD Blu-ray players in the U.S. market, companies still supporting the formats tell HD Guru that physical media, and specifically 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray, isn’t dead yet. Conversely, more pessimistic…
AV1 Codec Released To Rival HEVC In 4K Streaming Video Ecosystem
There’s a new codec coming and it might soon have an impact on how you watch streaming videos on smart TVs, set-top media streamers and other devices. It’s called AV1, and it is being promoted by an organization made up of some the biggest companies…
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