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Sony Targets Consumers with XAVC S 4K Video Recording Format

Posted by Hugh Bennett on 8 April 2013, 11:40 am

Sony Corporation announced that it is expanding its XAVC 4K professional video recording format to serve the consumer market.

Filed under Compression and Authoring, Consumer Electronics, News. Tagged 4K, H.264, Material eXchange Format (MXF), MP4, MPEG-4 AVC, Sony Corp., XAVC, XAVC S

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ITU Gives Thumbs Up to H.265 Video Compression Standard

Posted by Hugh Bennett on 29 January 2013, 1:00 pm

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) announced that one of its technical study groups has given first-stage approval to the H.265 (ISO/IEC 23008-2) High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) video compression standard.

Filed under News, Standards and Specifications. Tagged H.264, H.265, High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC), International Telecommunication Union (ITU), ISO/IEC 23008-2, MPEG-4 AVC

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RED Unveils REDRAY 4K Cinema Player

Posted by Hugh Bennett on 3 December 2012, 5:03 pm

RED Digital Cinema announced its new Over-the-Top (OTT) network-based REDRAY 4K Cinema Player ($1,450).

Filed under Consumer Electronics, News. Tagged 3D, 4K, H.264, High Frame Rate (HFR), Odemax.com, Over-the-Top (OTT) video, Red Digital Cinema, REDRAY, Stereoscopic 3D (S3D), Ultra HDTV, Ultra High-Definition (Ultra HD)

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Sorenson Launches Squeeze Server 2.0

Posted by Hugh Bennett on 31 October 2012, 11:04 am

Sorenson Media announced that its new Squeeze Server 2.0 video transcoding and encoding tool is now available.

Filed under Compression and Authoring, News, Software. Tagged H.264, MPEG DASH, MPEG-4 AVC, Sorenson Media, Squeeze Server

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Sony Unveils XAVC 4K Video Recording Format

Posted by Hugh Bennett on 30 October 2012, 1:48 pm

Sony Corporation announced its new XAVC 4K video recording format, which employs MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 level 5.2 compression.

Filed under Broadcast, VOD, Streaming and Download, News. Tagged 4K, H.264, MPEG-4 AVC, Sony Corp., Ultra High Definition Television (UHDTV), Ultra High-Definition (Ultra HD), XAVC

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Corel Rolls Out Roxio Game Capture HD PRO

Posted by Hugh Bennett on 25 September 2012, 10:07 am

Corel Corporation announced its new Roxio Game Capture HD PRO, the company’s latest gamer-friendly gizmo for capturing, editing and streaming video.

Filed under Consumer Electronics, Gaming, News. Tagged Corel Corporation, H.264, MPEG-4 AVC, PlayStation 3 (PS3), Roxio, Roxio Game Capture HD PRO, TwitchTV, Wii, Xbox 360

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Rovi and Microsoft Ink Windows Azure Media Services Agreement

Posted by Hugh Bennett on 6 September 2012, 11:56 am

Rovi Corporation announced that it has licensed its MainConcept H.264 video codec and SDK to Microsoft for Windows Azure Media Services.

Filed under News. Tagged H.264, IBC2012, MainConcept, Microsoft, MPEG-4 AVC, Rovi Corporation, Windows Azure Media Services

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Hauppauge Unveils HD PVR 2 Gaming Edition

Posted by Hugh Bennett on 20 August 2012, 9:30 am

Hauppauge Digital announced its new HD PVR 2 Gaming Edition high definition video game recorder at gamescom2012 in Cologne, Germany.

Filed under Consumer Electronics, Gaming, News. Tagged H.264, Hauppauge Digital, HD PVR 2 Gaming Edition, HDMI, MPEG-4 AVC, PlayStation 3 (PS3), Xbox 360

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Sorenson Survey Says MP4 Rules the Waves

Posted by Hugh Bennett on 18 April 2012, 7:00 am

Sorenson Media announced a survey it conducted suggests that most of its professional customers use MP4 to distribute video on the web and mobile devices.

Filed under Broadcast, VOD, Streaming and Download, Compression and Authoring, News. Tagged Blu-ray Disc (BD), DNxHD, DVD, Flash, FLV, H.264, HTML5, MP4, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 AVC, ProRes, QuickTime, Sorenson Media, WebM, Windows Media

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Rovi Unveils MainConcept SDK 9.5

Posted by Hugh Bennett on 16 April 2012, 9:45 am

Rovi Corporation announced its MainConcept Software Development Kit (SDK) 9.5, the latest version of the company’s video and audio codec library.

Filed under Compression and Authoring, News, Software. Tagged AVCHD 2.0, DivX Plus Streaming, H.264, MainConcept, MPEG-4 AVC, NAB Show 2012, Rovi Corporation, SDK

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Corel Unleashes VideoStudio Pro X5

Posted by Hugh Bennett on 8 March 2012, 7:00 am

Corel Corporation announced that it has released its new VideoStudio Pro X5 ($79.99) and VideoStudio Pro X5 Ultimate ($99.99) video editing software.

Filed under News, Software. Tagged Blu-ray Disc (BD), Corel Corporation, DVD, DVD-Video, H.264, HTML5, MPEG-4 AVC, PaintShop Photo Pro X3, VideoStudio Pro X5, VideoStudio Pro X5 Ultimate, WebM, YouTube

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Sorenson Releases Squeeze 8 Pro Video Encoder

Posted by Hugh Bennett on 6 March 2012, 9:00 am

Sorenson Media announced its new Sorenson Squeeze 8 Pro video encoding and transcoding application.

Filed under Compression and Authoring, News, Software. Tagged Blu-ray Disc (BD), DNxHD, DVD, H.264, MPEG-4 AVC, ProRes, ProRes 4444, Sorenson Media, Squeeze 8 Pro

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Pegasys Readies TMPGEnc Authoring Works 5

Posted by Hugh Bennett on 27 February 2012, 10:40 am

Pegasys, Inc. announced that it plans to release the English version of its TMPGEnc Authoring Works 5 software in the first quarter of 2012.

Filed under Compression and Authoring, News, Software. Tagged AVCHD, Blu-ray Disc (BD), CUDA, DVD, H.264, MPEG-4 AVC, Pegasys Inc., TMPGEnc, TMPGEnc Authoring Works 5

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MPEG LA Offers MVC 3D Patent Portfolio License

Posted by Hugh Bennett on 22 February 2012, 5:11 pm

MPEG LA announced its new MVC Patent Portfolio License, which applies to Blu-ray 3D and other products that employ the MPEG-4 Multiview Video Codec (MVC) standard.

Filed under Intellectual Property, News. Tagged 3D, Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray Disc (BD), H.264, MPEG LA, MPEG-4, MPEG-4 AVC, MPEG-4 MVC, Stereoscopic 3D (S3D)

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Raystream Offers Free Video Compression Trial

Posted by Hugh Bennett on 12 December 2011, 11:05 am

Raystream announced that it will offer a free trial of its HD video compression service beginning December 16, 2011.

Filed under Compression and Authoring, News. Tagged 3D, H.264, MPEG-4 AVC, Raystream, Stereoscopic 3D (S3D)

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