If you plan to view pictures and videos from your mobile device on Windows 11, you will probably need to install the HEIF codecs. The High-Efficiency Image File Format (HEIF) is a container for images ...

Yesterday a new consortium called the Alliance for Open Media announced that it's working on creating a new royalty-free codec for internet-delivered video. Here are some thoughts on the ...

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A standards group completes its work on a compression technology called HEVC, or H.265, which promises to improve resolution, image quality, and color. Google's VP9 is waiting in the wings. Stephen ...

A new report published by InterDigital suggests HEVC will become the leading codec to support high-quality streaming content. The report, written by Futuresource, looks at HEVC’s development, how it ...

Some Dell and HP laptop owners have been befuddled by their machines’ inability to play HEVC/H.265 content in web browsers, despite their machines’ processors having integrated decoding support.

Canon, amongst other companies, has just played an important part in extending the base spec of the HEVC codec to fold in features that the average high-end user or production crew could find ...

The M4 Mac mini is pound-for-pound the best value in Mac computers in Apple's history. Today H.265 enjoys widespread use on Apple devices like the iPhone, as it’s the default codec used by video ...