One of the hardest choices encoding technicians have to make is deciding between hardware and software. Hardware-based encoders and transcoders have had a performance advantage over software since ...

Nielsen has just released its PPM Audio Software Encoder for FM stations, allowing more broadcasters to move away from a hardware-based audio watermarking process. “The release of the PPM Audio ...

Digital Rapids unveiled at IBC2008 new real-time, HD encoding capabilities for its Studio AVC Encoder software. The Digital Rapids Studio AVC Encoder now supports H.264 ingest, encoding, transcoding ...

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 ...

ViewCast is now shipping Niagara SchedulStream, a new automation software for scheduling and management of Windows Media and RealNetworks’ RealVideo encoding sessions. Utilizing streaming templates ...

Encoding done by this technology will enable viewers to watch videos at 60 frames per second on existing TVs and other devices when video distribution of 120 frames per second starts in the future, ...

For years, the Raspberry Pi has been the default choice for tinkerers who want to host their own media server. It is small, affordable, and flexible enough to run almost anything. But with the ...

— Supports Development of High-quality Video over LTE Mobile Links & 4K Video Streaming Systems — Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. (NTT) has developed compression software (an encoder engine) with ...

The author is director of product management, Nielsen Audio. In today’s modern landscape, there is no company or industry that has not considered moving some portion of its operation to the cloud. The ...

The video encoding hardware built into GeForce GPUs is getting a small boost, according to a quietly updated Nvidia support page (as spotted by Tom’s Hardware). Previously, the NVENC encoder built ...