In a nutshell: Google just released AV1 3.5, the newest version of the video-encoding technology, which threatens to be a major player in the content and media industry. The codec now has much more ...

I am running Webtop with the NVIDIA runtime and can choose between x264enc and x264enc-striped. When I select x264enc, I see that NVENC is utilized, whereas choosing x264enc-striped results in the CPU ...

Abstract: In the contemporary digital media environment, video encoding is of paramount importance for applications such as streaming and video conferencing. With the increasing demand for higher ...

This is the first part of an investigation into game streaming, a topic that we've been requested on before – particularly after we review CPUs – but that has purposely been left out because it's ...

I know my brand new 4600+ x2 is a great lil CPU and all, but not <i>that</i> great -- View image here: http://episteme.arstechnica.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon ...

So I recently purchased a camcorder for home movies and expect to start getting into some video encoding, and I figure now is the time I finally get into a quad-core. My planned software is Adobe ...