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IETF Begins Standardization Process For Next-Generation 'NETVC' Video Codec (Daala)
By Lucian Armasu published
IETF begins work on the standardization of the next-generation Daala codec, which will now be called NETVC.
Fraunhofer Announces New EVS Audio Codec For 'Media-Quality' Full-HD Voice Calls
By Lucian Armasu published
Fraunhofer, a German research company, announced an audio codec for high-quality fullband voice calls.
Next-Gen Video Encoding: x265 Tackles HEVC/H.265
By Chris Angelini published
Last month, the HEVC/H.265 standard was officially published. We recently got our hands on a pre-alpha build of x265, an HEVC encoder project from a company called MulticoreWare that's going to be licensed in much the same way as the famed x264 library.
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