The time is 1:13 a.m. and the radio barks out ten-codes about a robbery: One man is down and the perpetrators are fleeing the scene by car. Law enforcement launches an aerial search, which moves from ...

Imagine watching Gladiator— not in the movie theater but over an Internet protocol (IP) network on a Web-enabled device. Very possibly you conjure up an image of herky-jerky video, but consider that ...

However, whereas MPEG-1 and -2 work with pictures in their entirety, MPEG-4 goes far beyond. It can work with picture information generated, captured or manipulated by computers, and it is in these ...

Digital video currently follows the MPEG-2 standard, but improvements in image processing technology are set to move MPEG-4 to the forefront of video compression. Millions of DVD disks, satellite ...

As broadcasters look to the future, many are concerned about the development of even newer compression schemes. While new compression technologies may offer additional benefits, there is the trade-off ...

I want to join the next generation of video codecs, MPEG-4, for my video projects, but I'm hopelessly confused and Google isn't helping me.<BR><BR>Here are the facts as I know them. The people who ...

Oh, DirecTV; how you confuse us. Many of you already know that DirecTV is starting the transition over to MPEG-4 signals. MPEG-4 is more efficient because of better compression, but you will need new ...

RealNetworks on Monday said it will support a new open standard for digital video and audio in a surprise move that could pave the way for greater interoperability in the notoriously fragmented ...

Editors' Note: This article has been updated since its original posting. Seven years ago, when I was still a clueless kid, I played my first video clip on the Internet using a 56k connection. It was ...

As the government sets a deadline for the end of community TV broadcasting in Australia, Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull has also encouraged commercial TV broadcasters to update to MPEG-4 to ...

Video-compression provider On2 Technologies is taking a swing at MPEG-4, complaining that companies cooperating to create a digital media standard may run afoul of antitrust laws. New York-based On2 ...