Codecs and containers are two of the most confusing bits of jargon that modern videomakers have to try and they their heads around. So what do they mean, and what do they do - and which do you choose?

Dr. Dmitriy Vatolin is the Head of the Moscow State University Graphics and Media Lab, which is the developer of the Video Quality Measurement Tool (VQMT), the developer of the crowd-sourced video ...

Welcome to your codec update for 2023. I’m here to help you decide whether it’s time to go all in on AV1, VVC, LCEVC, or EVC or whether it’s better to stick with H.264, VP9, and HEVC. As an overview, ...

I have two videos that I would like to make into one file. One is DivX, the other is Xvid. They are of different resolutions (640x480 vs 624x352), and different frame rates (~25 vs ~23).<BR><BR>I've ...

Xvid is rarely used these days, but that means it can be hard to know what to do with it if you come across it while digging through your old files. It’s essentially a method for compressing video, ...