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AV1 codec version 3.5 greatly improves CPU encoding performance

TechSpot

Just four years after its initial release in March 2018, the AOMedia Video 1 (AV1) codec is becoming a very appealing competitor to H.264 265 as the most used video standard in the industry. Hardware support is accelerating, and now developers have released a new version of the royalty-free. 264 and HEVC/H.265

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Fraunhofer’s new H.266 codec promises to cut the cost of streaming 4K video in half

The Verge

The Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute, the electrical engineering and computer science division of the esteemed German research organization, on Tuesday announced VVC , a new video codec standard that promises to bring around 50 percent efficiency gains in streaming video compression. 264/Advanced Video Coding (AVC) and H.265/High

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WonderFox HD Video Converter Factory Pro – Convert Videos Like a Pro

Galido

Information Technology Blog - - WonderFox HD Video Converter Factory Pro – Convert Videos Like a Pro - Information Technology Blog. WonderFox HD Video Converter Factory Pro, is a video encoder, which converts your videos to digital formats and devices in a professional way. HD video to general video.

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Everything must boldly go! Defunct asteroid mining company’s hardware put up for auction

GeekWire

If you have a sudden yen to replicate outer-space conditions, it behooves you to check out today’s online-only auction of the hardware left over from Planetary Resources , the Redmond venture that aimed to create a trillion-dollar asteroid mining industry. Unfortunately, Planetary Resources ran out of financial resources in 2018.

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The iconic Flip Video almost became Google’s first camera, emails show

The Verge

Before Android, before the iPhone, and before GoPro became a known brand, the Flip Video camcorder took the world by storm, allowing millions to shoot digital home videos one-handed and easily save, share, and upload them to a nascent YouTube, thanks to an iconic flip-out USB port. for employees to burn videos onto a DVD for you.

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Sony clarifies when to expect some of the PS5’s biggest 2021 games

The Verge

Sony has updated its release windows for two of the PlayStation 5’s biggest upcoming games in a new video posted to the company’s PlayStation YouTube channel. In the case of the new Xbox, every console-exclusive game coming to Microsoft’s new systems can also be played on PC and, in most cases, on older Xbox hardware. Image: Sony.

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Tech Moves: Ex-Microsoft COO Kevin Turner leaves Core Scientific; Magic AI founder joins ThruWave

GeekWire

Turner joined Core Scientific in 2018. Fortune 100 customers in retail and e-commerce warehouses are using ThruWave’s hardware and software. Seattle enterprise video startup Panopto added Payscale CMO Adrianna Burrows to its board. million in 2018 and last year merged with SchedulePro. The startup raised $6.4

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