Considering just picture compression, MPEG-4 does slightly better than MPEG-2, but not sufficiently better to warrant obsoleting the latter. MPEG-2 is well established in broadcast production and ...

The time is 1:13 a.m. and the radio barks out ten-codes about a robbery: One man is down and the perpetrators are fleeing the scene by car. Law enforcement launches an aerial search, which moves from ...

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.<BR><BR>Here are the facts as I know them. The people who ...

Digital video currently follows the MPEG-2 standard, but improvements in image processing technology are set to move MPEG-4 to the forefront of video compression. Millions of DVD disks, satellite ...

As broadcasters look to the future, many are concerned about the development of even newer compression schemes. While new compression technologies may offer additional benefits, there is the trade-off ...

Apple Computer on Tuesday released a public preview of QuickTime 6, signaling the possible end of a heated dispute between the computer maker and a licensing group that controls the use of MPEG-4 ...

RealNetworks on Monday said it will support a new open standard for digital video and audio in a surprise move that could pave the way for greater interoperability in the notoriously fragmented ...

Imagine watching Gladiator— not in the movie theater but over an Internet protocol (IP) network on a Web-enabled device. Very possibly you conjure up an image of herky-jerky video, but consider that ...

Apple Computer has rejected proposed licensing terms for the emerging MPEG-4 video standard, leaving the future of its QuickTime multimedia technology in limbo. At a company-sponsored conference ...

While Microsoft and RealNetworks wage a noisy fight over their audio and video technologies, an underdog with a strong pedigree and whiz-bang features is quietly entering the fray. After lying low for ...

Editors' Note: This article has been updated since its original posting. Seven years ago, when I was still a clueless kid, I played my first video clip on the Internet using a 56k connection. It was ...