The makers of the AV1 video format have started the Open Audio Codec.

The author is APT product manager for WorldCast Systems. A paradigm shift has been taking place for several years, as we move gradually toward fully networked IP broadcasting facilities in which there ...

When Apple sidelined the 3.5-mm jack with the launch of last year’s iPhone 7, it looked like a bold move. But despite pockets of outrage over another clear case of planned obsolescence, it was a clear ...

Part of Conexant’s AudioSmart family, the CX20952 high-definition audio codec enables high-quality audio on computers and tablets, while providing low power consumption, two capacitor-free headphone ...

Google's interest in the royalty-free Vorbis audio codec raises new possibilities for successors CELT and, in the longer run, Ghost. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about ...

The CS4202 audio codec is an AC ‘97 2.2-compliant, stereo audio codec designed for PC multimedia systems. It uses industry-leading Delta-Sigma and mixed-signal technology. This advanced technology and ...

Tesla's Audio Codec is the reason why its speaker system has one of the best outputs in the world, despite being unbranded and having no affiliations with popular companies. Elon Musk said that Tesla ...

The IETF has standardized the Opus lossy audio codec as RFC 6716. While most audio codecs aim to solve specific problems—relatively high bit-rate music reproduction such as AAC and MP3, low latency ...

Now that the patents for the popular MP3 audio codec have expired, it’s unlikely that the format is going anywhere, despite many reports that misinterpreted what the end of the format’s licensing ...

Sony's LDAC codec enables hi-res audio on Android phones, but you need to download the Sound Connect companion app and change this setting to use it.

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