The Blu-ray Disc Association and Microsoft have agreed to include the VC-1 advanced compression video codec, the proposed SMPTE standard based on Windows Media 9, as a mandatory codec in Blu-ray ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. "VC-1 isn't a standard yet, but the recent move by SMPTE to pass the codec from Committee Draft ...

After over 2.5 years of delay from its initial submission (thanks to BetaNews for the stats), the Microsoft-championed VC-1 codec is finally a SMPTE standard. Approval of the specification was by no ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. The Blu-Ray Disc Association said Tuesday that it will ...

Backers of the Blu-ray DVD format are adopting Microsoft's video compression technology, giving the software giant a secure foothold in each of the two major camps battling to establish a successor to ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Microsoft’s effort to control audio and video applications for consumer electronics, movies and ...

Making the Raspberry Pi affordable involved some tough calls, including the omission of MPEG-2 decoding. Licensing fees alone for the video software would have boosted the board's price by ...

The Raspberry Pi Foundation has started selling licences for MPEG-2 and VC-1 video codecs, after complaints from users who turned the cheap Linux computer into a media centre. Because the £25 Linux ...

On my last day at IBC, someone mentioned a codec I had somehow completely forgotten about for four days. Yes, it was no doubt there at IBC, I just hadn't seen any big signs for it or heard anyone ...