From now on, any video you upload to YouTube will be transcoded into Google’s WebM codec, joining the “videos that make up 99% of views on the site or nearly 30% of all videos.” Google explains it to ...

One of the biggest video sites on the Net will use Google's next-generation video compression technology after it's fully defined on June 17. Stephen Shankland Former Principal Writer Stephen ...

Over the last few months, interest 4k TVs, monitors, and content has increased dramatically. YouTube has been streaming content in 4k for a while now, but using Flash ...

Before I installed the K-Lite Codec Pack 6.6.0 Basic MS PowerPoint would add and play my embedded MP3 audio files just fine. Also, YouTube videos ran with ...

With every new codec generation, the codec wars heat up again. This generation, the battle is an extension of the war between VP9 and HEVC (H.265). Kicking things off again, Google is trying to ...

Krystle Vermes is a Boston-based news reporter for Android Police. She is a graduate of the Suffolk University journalism program, and has more than a decade of experience as a writer and editor in ...

A recent discussion on Reddit has brought to light the news that YouTube no longer has the 4K video playback option when using Safari. The change may have come after a long ago announcement that ...

YouTube will be on hand during next week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas to showcase 4K video streaming. But instead of using the traditional H.265 video codec to get the job done, the Google ...

AV1 is an open, industry-backed codec that will allow for more efficient and better quality video streaming. YouTube is beginning to test AV1 through an initial beta with Chrome 70 and Firefox Nightly ...

When was the last time you tried to upload videos on YouTube and ended up receiving an error message? You might start wondering what the best video format for YouTube ...

On its Engineering and Developers Blog, YouTube announced yesterday that it will default to HTML5 video using the VP9 codec for most viewers. Supported browsers ...

Google has decided that YouTube demands such a huge transcoding workload that it needs to build its own server chips. The company detailed its new “Argos” chips in a YouTube blog post, a CNET ...