Streaming Media Magazine

The Pros and Cons of Software Decoding for Publishers and Viewers

A recent paper from Friedrich-Alexander University benchmarks energy consumption and compression efficiency for six video codecs across software and hardware decoders. While the study uses VP9 as a ...
Ars Technica

Hardware and software decoding on the same system?

Well, i left the hardware decoder in my computer hoping i could use it for TV output and use the software decoder for regular viewing.<P>Anyways, when i ran the player for the hardware decoder, i was ...
Ars Technica

Hardware vs. Software DVD decoding

Hey,<BR> I wanted to ask a quick Q regarding DVD ROMs<BR> A friend of mine is trying to install a ALL-IN-WONDER Radeon card. I'm so jealous!<BR> Anyway, the vid card has it's own hardware decoding for ...
Electronic Design

Weighing Up Oscilloscope Software Benefits

With software-based decoding, there often is inconsistency between hardware-based triggering results and software-based decoding results caused by slightly different threshold-level settings or errors ...
Streaming Media Magazine

Streambox Supports Blackmagic Design’s Capture and Playback Devices For Encoding and Decoding with DaVinci Resolve Studio

Blackmagic Design today announced that Streambox has integrated its Spectra and Iris software streaming encoding and decoding solutions for use with Blackmagic Design’s family of UltraStudio and ...