I recently interviewed David Ronca, who you probably know from his work at Meta and Netflix, but who’s now running his own company, RoncaTech. We discussed the upcoming release of VCAT (Video Codec Acid Test), a tool that benchmarks video playback performance on Android devices. By way of background, I reviewed an earlier version of … The post David Ronca Unveils VCAT: An Open Benchmarking Tool for Android Playback first appeared on Streaming Learning Center.| Streaming Learning Center
AI video compression standards have moved from the research lab to the standards committee. This pos| Streaming Learning Center
I recently tested the Deep Render AI codec and issued a report, which you can read here. The bottom line was that in the tested low-latency use case, the Deep Render AI codec substantially outperformed SVT-AV1 quality-wise and was only slightly behind VVenC. While the codec lacks features like bitrate control that are necessary for most …| Streaming Learning Center
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For years, we've heard about the allure of HEVC, AV1, and even VVC, all new video codecs promising b| Streaming Learning Center
It started with a simple observation: Fox plans to upscale a 1080p HDR feed to 4K for the Super Bowl| Streaming Learning Center
I'm running some 1-pass vs. 2-pass comparison testing with x265. Unlike with x264 (see tests here),| Streaming Learning Center
Most people reading this post want new codecs to succeed as soon as possible, and I do as well. But| Streaming Learning Center
Announcing session 2 of Streaming Summer Bootcamp: Learn to Produce H.264 Video. Thu, Jul 11, 2024,| Streaming Learning Center
I'm thrilled to introduce my newest course on LCEVC video enhancement! It’s designed to introduce ne| Streaming Learning Center
I just posted a new lesson to the Streaming Media 101 course on AI in encoding, production, and cust| Streaming Learning Center