This article describes the various codecs in common use and their symbiotic relationship to the media container files which are essential when it comes to packaging the resulting content for storage or delivery. …

This is a list of the commonly used media container file formats, their owners and the dates when they were created. …

This is a list of the abbreviations for media container files which are commonly used within documentation. …

This list of file container formats and their extensions is not exhaustive but it does describe the important ones whose standards are in everyday use in a broadcasting environment. …

Talk to any audio engineer in the broadcast or live segment and they will tell you that separating the control surface (some call it the front end) from the I/O stageboxes and routing/patching section (the back end) as well as the DSP processor makes their lives…

The Video Services Forum (VSF) has released two new ancillary features to enhance the Reliable Internet Streaming Transport (RIST) protocol by incorporating Decoder Synchronization and Multicast Discovery. …

The Bathurst 1000 is a massive production by anybody’s standards, with 175 cameras, 10 OB’s, 250 crew and 31 miles of fiber cable. Here is how the team at Gravity Media Australia pull it off. …

Multimedia system designer and integrator Fuse Technical Group chooses Matrox Video’s technology to drive SMPTE ST 2110 routing, orchestration, conversion, and control inside Sphere in Las Vegas, where U2 is performing the venue’s first-ever shows. Show and event producers rely on the technology to feed and manage SMP…

Artificial Intelligence (AI) – which we should all really be calling Machine Learning - has found many applications within the media & entertainment world, driving innovation and pushing the boundaries of video production technology and advanced workflows. There’s a little secret about AI applications in media: metadata makes the…