Spotify’s “lossless” audio is finally here, but is it really lossless, and what do you need to hear the difference?

We demystify the most common Bluetooth codecs and explain why they matter for audio quality. I've been a contributing editor for PCMag since 2011. Before that, I was PCMag's lead audio analyst from ...

Streaming platforms and video services have long relied on open-source codecs like x264, x265, SVT-AV1, libaom, and libvp9, all readily available in FFmpeg. For many users, these codecs offer ...

Smartphone manufacturers all but took away our beloved phones with headphone jacks. Now we’re left buying admittedly great wireless earbuds hand over fist. But listening to music is no longer a ...

I have about a four minute 3d studio/Lightscape animation rendered out as a series of TGA frames and I am curious as to what you guys think is the best codec. I have been using Premiere to splice the ...

Metal Gear Solid has a number of fourth wall breaks that were revolutionary back on the PlayStation, such as finding out how to contact Meryl. In 2023, however, you do things a bit differently to find ...

Maintaining a Windows-based PC has, in most respects, gotten easier over the years. OS 'hackability' (the bad kind) has dropped, and Windows Update has become a terrific tool for minimal-intervention ...

FiiO’s Air Link is a 5g T-bar USB-C Bluetooth transmitter that plugs into your smartphone to upgrade its wireless audio ...

As debates over codec choices in the streaming world range from H.264 to AV1 and HEVC and beyond, what drives decision-making when it comes to codec choices for solution and service providers helping ...

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