Now that the patents for the popular MP3 audio codec have expired, it’s unlikely that the format is going anywhere, despite many reports that misinterpreted what the end of the format’s licensing ...

The Windows 10 Anniversary Update, due this summer, will expand the range of video and audio codecs that are supported by the Edge browser. Microsoft is adding the VP9 video codec, the Opus audio ...

A multifaceted sound compression technology is now a standard, smoothing its way to use in technologies such as Web-based voice chats and videoconferencing. Next up: video? Stephen Shankland worked at ...

Microsoft is playing nicely with Google. At least, Microsoft is adding support for two Google-supported, open source video codecs: WebM and VP9. Both will be included in an upcoming update for the ...

Skype has unveiled more details this week regards its new codec called Opus they are developing. That once finished will provide Skype users with near CD quality sound whilst making calls. As well as ...

Following yesterday’s celebration of Firefox 15 beta, which is said to fix the browser’s long maligned memory leak issues, Mozilla announced that it will support the Opus audio codec going forward, ...

Skype's got a new audio codec that it thinks you should be pumped about, and it's called "Opus." It's been kicked around at Skype since March 2009, though work didn't begin in earnest until June of ...

The name Opus has been visible of late in codec circles, and Tieline has been a particular proponent, adding the Opus codec to its arsenal of algorithms last December. I asked Charlie Gawley, VP of ...