I generally use FFDShow simply because its good at playing a huge range of videos by itself. Beyond that I use G-Spot to determine individual codecs I need and install them. My experience with codec ...

Maintaining a Windows-based PC has, in most respects, gotten easier over the years. OS 'hackability' (the bad kind) has dropped, and Windows Update has become a terrific tool for minimal-intervention ...

It’s been 3-plus years since the MPEG codec explosion that brought us VVC, LCEVC, and EVC. Rather than breathlessly trumpet every single-digit quality improvement or design win, I’ll quickly get you ...

Smartphone manufacturers all but took away our beloved phones with headphone jacks. Now we’re left buying admittedly great wireless earbuds hand over fist. But listening to music is no longer a ...

Welcome to your codec update for 2023. I’m here to help you decide whether it’s time to go all in on AV1, VVC, LCEVC, or EVC or whether it’s better to stick with H.264, VP9, and HEVC. As an overview, ...

It's quite rare to find headphone jacks in smartphones these days. The good news is that wireless earbuds don't cost much now. But it's not just the driver setup and advanced tech that makes a pair of ...

Radio World: What would you say is the most interesting recent trend in codecs? Tom Hartnett: By far, the inclusion of WebRTC clients in computer browsers. Essentially, every internet browser, desktop ...