A new format for compressing video, called Versatile Video Coding (H.266/VVC), at first glance might not seem to be the most exciting or profound change to influence humanity. But in a world where ...

H.264. HEVC. VP9. If these terms mean nothing to you, you’re not alone. Each is a kind of video codec. Though they’re responsible for every second of video we watch online or on a Blu-ray, most people ...

Fraunhofer, the German company that helped develop the H.264, H.265 and MP3 encoding formats, has unveiled a new video encoding standard that could severely reduce streaming bottlenecks. Called ...

The Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute on Tuesday announced the H.266 Versatile Video Coding codec, which will power more data-efficient video capture and transmission on future iPhones. Apple ...

We watch a ton of videos every day, but we might not get a smooth experience and the best experience in all conditions. This is because of bandwidth restrictions or the file size of the videos being ...

On July 19th, Tencent Cloud announced that its transcoding and related media processing applications have supported the H.266/VVC standard, and its players and other products support H.266/VVC ...

The new H.266 codec has arrived. While it's not the only piece of the 8K puzzle, it's critical to bringing broadcast stream network requirements down to manageable levels. Share on Facebook (opens in ...

VVC/H.266 offers an up to 50% bit-rate reduction over its predecessor HEVC/H.265 and boasts enhanced capabilities to efficiently transmit ultra-high-definition content, according to InterDigital When ...

Over the past few years — especially with the cost of data coming down significantly — the consumption of audio and video through various streaming services has been soaring at a rapid pace. As a ...

The amount of data required to stream video is set to drop by as much as 50 percent thanks to the development of a new H.266/VVC codec by the Fraunhofer Henrich Hertz Institiute (FHHI). FHHI worked ...

Now, the company, Fraunhofer HHI, which developed 264 (AVC) and H.265 (HEVC) technologies has now announced a new codec called H.266/VVC (Versatile Video Coding). When it comes to watching movies, we ...