A codec is an algorithm that compresses and decompresses audio and / or video. A video file is typically a container with multiple codecs. For example, a .mp4 file may use the H264 codec for video and ...

This presentation explores the history of codecs, containers, and protocols and their impact on the present state of streaming. Learn what qt-faststart does, why h264_mp4toannexb is sometimes ...

I'm working on a project that involves seeking into and returning smaller fragments of a larger video file through a web interface. This works fine for straight MPEG-1 files, but unsurprisingly isn't ...

Channels: mono/stereo Bitrate (kbps) Container Codec File Size (Ideally the file size of the entire book - the size of all source files combined) Sometimes you need to tweak the output settings to ...