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 ...

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 ...

“Emerging” codecs like AV1, VP9, and HEVC are hardly newcomers to the streaming scene, and their implementation and breadth of industry support—particularly AV1’s—has grown by leaps and bounds. Yet ...

Vodafone Germany has introduced its new Vodafone Live! Music download service, based on Coding Technologies’ aacPlus. Audio compression developer Coding Technologies said the service would be ...

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 ...

Companies have rapidly deployed VoIP technology to reduce operational costs and increase productivity by integrating telecom services with other enterprise workflows. However, the codecs most widely ...