The open-source multimedia world cleared a legal hurdle three decades in the making today: the final patent covering MPEG-4 Part 2 Visual — the codec behind DivX and Xvid — expired on July 19, 2026, ...

I noticed that Divx released a bug-fix release for it's Mac codec today, and started wondering: which of the available codecs works best on the Mac? As far as I understand it, Divx, 3ivx, Apple, and ...

I want to join the next generation of video codecs, MPEG-4, for my video projects, but I'm hopelessly confused and Google isn't helping me. Here are the facts as I know them. The people who brought us ...

CUPERTINO, Calif.--Protocom Technology Corp. today said it will demonstrate the industry's first hardwired chip based on MPEG-4 technology for NTSC/PAL-resolution television images at full frame rates ...

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands — Proponents of an emerging video codec called H.264 are predicting the scheme will turn the video market on its head by enabling delivery of Internet Protocol-based ...

FREMONT, Calif, and LAS VEGAS, Nev., April 7, 2003 – InterVideo, Inc. today introduced and demonstrated its MPEG-4 Codec application package in booth SU7126 at the National Association of ...

As broadcasters and multichannel operators seek to deploy multiple high definition television channels, expand their digital channel offerings, and develop additional two-way interactive services, one ...

Comrex, a manufacturer of professional broadcasting equipment, is licensing Fraunhofer IIS implementations of two of the most efficient audio compression technologies standardized in MPEG-4. By ...

IndigoVision claims to have the first MPEG4 codec beating larger chip firms and IP houses to this next generation multimedia technology. Called Mainstream, the coder/decoder is implemented entirely in ...

(click thumbnail)Nero DigitalNero is promoting its Nero Digital Audio as a video and audio codec solution. It is based on MPEG-4 ISO 14496-2/-3/-10 standards, which it says allows the flexibility to ...