Tag: codec
this defective codec exposes a critical flaw, update quickly
Chrome, Firefox, Edge and Brave, all Internet browser publishers have published an alert message to urge Internet users to update their browser. This is rare enough to be highlighted and…
Apple is preparing for the video codec of the future and it’s not too soon
Deployed gradually on our devices and on major streaming platforms, the AV1 codec is now coming to Safari, but first via a beta. Apple would thus begin to catch up…
Android 14: Google wants to impose the AV1 video codec, and that’s good news
The AV1 video codec, which enjoys impressive compression performance but is poorly supported on smartphones, could become mandatory with Android 14. Android 14 should be released in stable version around…
Environmental footprint of audio: At Meta, an AI-assisted codec hits new compression records
© Royalty free / Artur Debat If the digital sector is not the most polluting or the most generator of greenhouse gases, the impact it has on natural ecosystems and…
Codec Avatars: Meta’s killer app?
Avatar codecs is the technology used Meta to render photorealistic avatars and of which we could see the improvements during the Connect 2022. Achieving true “telepresence” in consumer hardware is…
audio quality, music sharing, LC3 codec… all about the new Bluetooth standard
Bluetooth LE Audio is set to revolutionize the way we listen to music. A great new feature of the Bluetooth LE Audio standard, Auracast music sharing allows the same audio…
FFmpeg and Audacity – This is how you use the codec in the audio program
Do you want to implement your audio projects in Audacity like professionals? You can read here on GIGA how you can use the audio project FFmpeg in Audacity. Version:3.1.3 Languages:German…
Hard blow for the AV1 codec? The European Commission is investigating
Alexander Boero July 11, 2022 at 4:00 p.m. 7 the AV1 codec, created by the digital giants, is the subject of an investigation by the European Commission. Brussels fears that…
The European Union is wary of the alliance for a unified video codec (Apple, Netflix, Google, Amazon…)
The European Commission is investigating the video licensing policy of the Alliance for Open Media (AOM), creator of AV1, an open video codec. An alliance created by big names in…
Meta: towards (finally) realistic avatars with Codec Avatars 2.0?
The engineers of Meta engage in a race for realism with Avatar Codec 2.0their new avatar prototypes VRusing the latest advanced techniques of machine learning (machine learning). It was in…
Android: Researchers warn of a devastating audio codec
Millions of Android devices are said to be vulnerable to a remote code execution attack due to flaws in an audio codec that Apple released years ago but hasn’t been…
Android: Apple codec vulnerability
Security experts from Check Point Research report a security vulnerability in Android devices, namely those with the commonly used chipsets from Qualcomm and MediaTek. The background is their use of…