Connecting Virtual Reality with the History of Encoding Technology
Two fun and surprising brain factoids are revealed that connect virtual reality with the history of encoding technology. Bloomberg featured a…
2016 Paves the Way for a Next-Gen Video Encoding Technology Explosion in 2017
2016 has been a significant year for video compression as 4K, HDR, VR and 360 video picked up steam, paving the road for an EXPLOSION of HEVC…
Before you evaluate x265, read this!
With video consumption rising and consumer preferences shifting to 4K UHD this is contributing to an even faster adoption rate than what we…
Patent Pool HEVC Advance Responds: Announces “Royalty Free” HEVC Software
HEVC Advance Releases New Software Policy November 22nd 2016 may be shown by history as the day that wholesale adoption of HEVC as the…
Immersive VR and 360 video at streamable bitrates: Are you crazy?
There have been many high-profile experiments with VR and 360 video in the past year. Immersive video is compelling, but large and unwieldy to…
Translating Opinions into Fact When it Comes to Video Quality
This post was originally featured at https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/translating-opinions-fact-when-comes-video-quality-mark-donnigan In this…
Will Virtual Reality Determine the Future of Streaming?
As video services take a more aggressive approach to virtual reality (VR), the question of how to scale and deliver this bandwidth intensive…
Applications for On-the-Fly Modification of Encoder Parameters
As video encoding workflows modernize to include content adaptive techniques, the ability to change encoder parameters “on-the-fly” will…