Apple announced on Mac OS Forge today that they have open sourced their Lossless Audio Codec (ALAC). ALAC was introduced in 2004 as OS X’s core audio codec to compress audio files 40-60 percent ...

Apple’s Lossless Audio Codec (ALAC) was integrated into the company’s Mac OS X platform back in 2004, and made its way into QuickTime and iTunes software shortly afterwards. Today, Apple has released ...

On MacOSForge, Apple has announced that they are releasing the Apple Lossless Audio Codec as an open source project: The Apple Lossless Audio Codec (ALAC) is a lossless audio codec developed by Apple ...

Apple recently rolled out the first iOS 16 beta and other operating systems builds. The company also rolled out new AirPods beta firmware that the company unveiled at the WWDC 2022 event last month.

As per a recent report by PC Mag, security researchers have discovered a flaw in the audio coding format on Android smartphones, which could help out threat actors remotely hack mobile devices. The ...

While you probably know the Emmy Awards, which recognizes the best talents from TV, the Television Academy also holds the Engineering Emmy Awards every year. This year, Apple won an Emmy Award for its ...

Last night, Apple released a software add-on that allows QuickTime to decode video files encoded with the ProRes codec. The ProRes QuickTime Decoder 1.0 tool works with both Macs and Windows, allowing ...

Google may have just entered a new battlefront with Apple at the "I/O" developers conference when it took the wraps off its plans for the VP8 video codec. While this battle is not as transparent, or ...

In addition to a new version of Logic Studio, Apple has also announced a major upgrade to its suite of professional video and film editing tools known as Final Cut Studio, last updated two years ago.

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 ...

In reply to a email asking his thoughts on Google's announcement of the royalty-free WebM video codec, Steve Jobs reportedly simply forwarded back the critical expose profiled yesterday by ...