The technology, also called H.265 and the successor to H.264, promises to double video quality for better streaming and higher-res TV. But it'll come with a patent burden, too. Stephen Shankland ...

A standards group completes its work on a compression technology called HEVC, or H.265, which promises to improve resolution, image quality, and color. Google's VP9 is waiting in the wings. Stephen ...

Some Dell and HP laptop owners have been befuddled by their machines’ inability to play HEVC/H.265 content in web browsers, despite their machines’ processors having integrated decoding support.

Video compression is the critical enabler of all video streaming, and today we’re at a codec crossroads unlike any that we’ve experienced. Though H.264 remains firmly entrenched as the go-to codec for ...

Right now, H.264/AVC is generally regarded as the king of codecs. It’s been on the hill since around 2003, but Nokia has collaborated on a new codec that promises higher quality video at half the bit ...

BERLIN, GERMANY—When it comes to advances in telecommunications technology—and specifically video codecs—Germany’s Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute has been at the forefront. The organization is an ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has approved the H.265 video standard, a new ...

Video is evolving. Not just the amount of it—which continues to grow exponentially and becomes a greater and greater part of our everyday lives—but also the variety of content. The result is a need ...

If you plan to view pictures and videos from your mobile device on Windows 11, you will probably need to install the HEIF codecs. The High-Efficiency Image File Format (HEIF) is a container for images ...