In the July column, “A switcher's life cycle,” I spoke about product life cycle and product maturity. Nowhere is this a more appropriate concept than when speaking about video encoders. To be clear, ...

When AMD bought Xilinx, it acquired a slew of new technologies and entrance into markets developed by the latter company. One of those unique technology niches includes high-performance video encoders ...

Consumers expect quality video experiences at the touch of a button. Without live streaming encoders, though, this wouldn’t be possible. Streaming encoders are an essential tool for transporting live ...

The H.264 video compression standard defines the bitstream resulting from compressing video using the tools within the standard. The standard does not describe how the tools are implemented nor does ...

Japanese broadcaster NHK has developed what it says is a world first encoder that will let viewers watch two (or more) different types of content through one broadcast channel. According to the ...

Last year, Automation World examined the differences between accuracy, resolution, and precision in the encoder world. And while understanding the differences among these terms is important to ...

Video transcoding is basically the process of converting videos from one digital encoding format to another. You can also call it Video encoding. This process involves converting the video file format ...

There are few places in modern video technology where technical complexity is higher than in video encoders. First, the purpose is to wring out of a running video as much of the data as possible ...