Following the model established by Netflix in December 2015, Jan Ozer argues against content providers applying a standard encoding ladder to all of their content because of the inefficiencies and ...

After three years or so in gestation, per-title encoding is becoming a required feature on most encoding platforms, whether in-house software or SaaS cloud providers. In this buyers' guide, we'll ...

The impact of H.264 on the world of digital video compression is growing. Companies such as Apple are already switching wholeheartedly to it. As part of the MPEG-4 standard (part 10), H.264 is now a ...

Now that we've looked at how to playback HEVC-encoded files, it's time to create them. There are a whole collection of tools and utilities that can encode HEVC, but in this article I'm going to focus ...

Just curious to see what everyone else is doing, including the encoder and codec you use. I'll start: AAC 320k VBR encoded with iTunes on Windows 10. FLAC CD images for archive and anything that'll ...

Since you already have everything lossless, it doesn't really make much difference. I would do them at 128 or 160, and then re-do any at a higher bitrate if you can hear artifacts on those tracks ...

Bitmovin has introduced Smart Chunking to its VoD Encoder in order to increase the quality and turnaround times with split and stitch. According to the company, the new functionality optimises chunk ...