If you've downloaded a Van Halen, Hole, Sarah McLachlan or even a Beatles song online, and it sounds just a bit off to you, you're not alone--you might have run into a "codec killer." Online music ...

Giving artists choices and unlocking value from heretofore ignored sources is something PledgeMusic CEO and Founder, Benji Rogers does very well. Mr. Rogers has now turned his focus to the creation of ...

Codecs sound tediously techy - something only geeks who dream in hexadecimals need care remotely about. But codecs matter to you, me and Joe Mousepad, as I learned the hard way. For research purposes, ...

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The IETF has standardized the Opus lossy audio codec as RFC 6716. While most audio codecs aim to solve specific problems—relatively high bit-rate music reproduction such as AAC and MP3, low latency ...

Within my recent coverage of high-res audio players (and the services that feed them content) and external DACs and amplifiers, I realized I’ve been tossing a lot of new and potentially-unfamiliar ...

So says, Benji Rogers, Founder and CEO of PledgeMusic. I couldn’t agree more. In part one of our free-wheeling conversation, we discuss how a combination of Blockchain technology and Virtual Reality ...

If you've downloaded a Van Halen, Hole, Sarah McLachlan or even a Beatles song online, and it sounds just a bit off to you, you're not alone--you might have run into a "codec killer." Online music ...

Wait, where is FLAC? Shouldn't that be somewhere? @moonshark I still use LAME only for the compatibilities sake. Click to expand... FLAC, and other lossless formats, all belong in that same group this ...