Scalable video coding, or SVC, may be just the latest example of the video conferencing industry's affinity for never missing an opportunity to miss an opportunity. In this case we're talking about ...

Delivering high-quality video over a low quality IP network can be challenging. As described previously in this column, adding Forward Error Correction (FEC) data can ...

Over the next two or three years, streaming producers will be increasingly tasked with supplying optimized video streams to devices as disparate as cell phones and set-top boxes, along with different ...

Video applications over the public Internet and corporate networks are gaining popularity. These, and other applications, including visual communications, are based on the transmission of video to ...

At its 70th meeting in Palma de Mallorca, Spain last month, the Motion Pictures Expert Group (MPEG) evaluated four competing technologies for the efficient coding of spatial audio. This technology has ...

I’ve been tracking Scalable Video Coding (SVC) for the last year or so, and there’s been little tangible evidence of adoption. Recently Toronto-based Seawell Networks came out of stealth mode, but ...

Scalable video transmission is an essential technology in modern multimedia communications, addressing the challenges posed by diverse channel conditions and bandwidth limitations. Contemporary ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Freescale Semiconductor's embedded DSP targets scalable video coding (SVC) using a customizable H.264/SVC algorithm for its StarCore DSP. The chip maker said its design enables ...

June 25, 2007 - Leuven, Belgium-- IMEC's optimized source code for the upcoming scalable video coding (SVC= H.264 extension) standard is ready for licensing to the industry. The optimized code shows a ...