Audio-video transcoding has historically been considered a straightforward, traditional affair in which the encoded source video was decoded to produce a not-quite-perfect version of the original ...

When it comes to viewing content on any device, anywhere in the world, the marketing hype often outstrips the reality. Content publishers pick a particular compression technology (codec) based on its ...

The rapid escalation of video content creates a myriad of challenges and opportunities for both consumers and content providers. In particular, the growth of Internet and mobile video is creating huge ...

Buffering on Plex isn’t always about bad internet—it’s often about settings, transcoding, and hardware use. By fine-tuning quality limits, enabling direct play, and optimizing network access, you can ...

It has been a long time coming but all signs suggest that Synology is gearing up to launch a successor to the popular DS214play. Highlighting the two-year-wait, the new dual-bay unit carries model ...