H.264 compression, otherwise known as MPEG-4 part 10 Advanced Video Codec, is rapidly becoming a preferred standard for video compression throughout the broadcast industry. As a fourth-generation ...

The fuss about Flash on the iPad has now expanded to a serious discussion about Web video standards. Steve Jobs‘ missive about H.264 even garnered support from Microsoft. But the debate has spun on, ...

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[In response to reader questions and comments, this article was updated at 6:20 a.m. on Monday, May 24. See author's comments at the end of the article.—Ed] VP8 is now free, but if the quality is ...

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The Firefox developer, seeking a foothold in mobile browsing, is poised to accept patented video technology it had spurned. That underscores the challenges for Google's competing WebM. Stephen ...

For those completely unsure about what H.264 or why it matters, this Q&A article from our sister website OnlineVideo.net is an excellent place to start. This simple article from the makers of WinX DVD ...

No, you’re not reading that headline wrong. Last month, Google announced that it was removing support for H.264 video playback via the HTML5 <video> tag in its Chrome browser. The odd part about that ...

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