The MP3 file format was always encumbered with patents, but as of 2017, the last patent finally expired. Although the format became synonymous with the digital music revolution that started in the ...

A good quality DAC (Digital to Analog Converter) is one of the crucial elements when it comes to deciding the kind of audio experience you can expect from a device. And at large, the same holds true ...

We all want value for our money, especially during the current economic downturn. But when it comes to compression algorithms, what’s the best way to determine value? Let’s take a look at audio ...

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A quick primer before you spend $100 or $10,000 on your next sound system.

Sam is a journalist based in Vancouver, BC. She graduated from the University of British Columbia with a degree in English literature with a minor in Creative Writing, cutting her teeth through her ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The first video compression standard was introduced in 1984; this was the CCITT/ITU-T, H.120 ...

I have begun experimenting with VirtualDub and I am very confused because VirtualDub only offers me to save in AVI format. Whenever I capture video it is already in that format and takes up a lot of ...

PDF readers and open-source libraries used in document processing will all need updating to handle the Brotli compression filter.