ZDNet

MPEG-4 plan shakes video industry

A newly proposed MPEG-4 licensing plan is sending jitters through multimedia circles, raising cost concerns about a new standard that promises to bring powerful interactive features to digital video.
CNET

Commentary: MPEG-4 is streaming video

There’s no question that MPEG-4 is going to succeed MPEG-2 as the standard for streaming digital video. Faster processor speeds and cheap (already less than $200) video capture and playback cards will ...
CNET

Companies fear costly MPEG-4 licenses

Some MPEG-4 backers praised the licensing plan for removing lingering uncertainty over the costs of implementing the new format, but others said a proposed per-minute streaming fee, equivalent to 2 ...
Ars Technica

MPEG-4: What is it really?

I want to join the next generation of video codecs, MPEG-4, for my video projects, but I'm hopelessly confused and Google isn't helping me. Here are the facts as I know them. The people who brought us ...
TV Technology

Revisiting MPEG-4 for ATSC 1.0 Lighthouse Stations

Stations wanting to convert to ATSC 3.0 have had trouble finding an ATSC 1.0 home for their high-definition (HD) and standard-definition (SD) streams. Using MPEG-4 (AVC) for ATSC 1.0 has been tried ...
Audioholics

Nero Digital MPEG-4 Compression Announced with AAC Audio Encoding

Nero Digital is the next generation in MPEG-4 compatible compression technology - with premium quality video coding algorithms and full High Efficiency AAC audio. Realize audio and video in DVD ...
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Last MPEG-4 visual patent expires today, freeing DivX and Xvid globally

The open-source multimedia world cleared a legal hurdle three decades in the making today: the final patent covering MPEG-4 Part 2 Visual — the codec behind DivX and Xvid — expired on July 19, 2026, ...
Streaming Media Magazine

Creating Interactive Video With MPEG4

MPEG4 is finally starting to gain some traction. The allure of platform and vendor independence and ubiquitous players on all kinds of devices is strong. But in many areas, MPEG4 is still a ...
EDN

Decoding MPEG 4

Imagine watching Gladiator— not in the movie theater but over an Internet protocol (IP) network on a Web-enabled device. Very possibly you conjure up an image of herky-jerky video, but consider that ...
ZDNet

MPEG-4 consortium keys on security

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Ars Technica

Encoding bit-rates for MPEG-2 and MPEG-4, image quality and resolution?

Right now, I'm curious about video compression and why most DVD-ripping guides recommend you encode using DivX/XviD/other MPEG-4 encoder at 1Mbps. From what I know, DVD-Video is already compressed ...