EDN

World First HEVC Hardware Decoder IP at IBC 2012

HEVC (aka “High Efficiency Video Coding”) is the next generation video standard, currently being developed by the JCT-VC team. JCT-VC is a joint team between MPEG and VCEG. The finalized HEVC standard ...
TV Technology

VITEC Introduces First Portable HEVC Encode/Decode Solution to European Market at IBC2015

SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Sept. 1, 2015 --VITEC, a worldwide leader in advanced video encoding and streaming solutions, today announced the European debut of its portable, end-to-end HEVC encoding/decoding ...
EDN

HEVC video hardware decoder IP targets mobile phones

Allegro DVT announced what it claims to be the world's first HEVC hardware decoder IP targeting mobile phones, tablets, set-top boxes, digital TVs. High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC), alias H.265, is ...
Design-Reuse

HEVC/H.265 4K decoder IP & compliance streams, by Allegro DVT, at ARM TechCon'13

Main/Main10 4K@60Hz HEVC Hardware Decoder IP. HEVC Compliance Streams. Allegro DVT will demonstrate the final, immediately available, ready for tape out, version of its HEVC Main10 profile 4K@60fps ...
Design-Reuse

Pathpartner Technology Announces Hybrid Hardware-Software HEVC Decoder Optimized for Programmable SoC Devices at NAB’15

Fremont, CA - April 09, 2015 - Pathpartner Technology, a leading provider of embedded multimedia software services and solutions will be showcasing the Hybrid HEVC (H.265) Decoder partitioned ...
Streaming Media Magazine

Testing the Vitec MGW Ace and MGW D265 for HEVC Encode/Decode

Like the Ace, the MGW D265 offers both HD-SDI and SD-SDI outputs via a single BNC connector, as well as an HDMI output with embedded audio. The MGW D265 isn’t limited to receiving HEVC streams from ...
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 ...
GIGAZINE

Some Dell and HP PCs have disabled the H.265 hardware encoder and decoder, even if the processor itself supports it.

It has become a hot topic that Dell and HP are intentionally disabling the H.265 (HEVC) hardware encoder and decoder on some laptops. This has resulted in issues such as video playback issues in ...
Twice

VITEC Expands HEVC Contribution Solution With MGW Ace Decoder openGear Card

VITEC, a worldwide leader in advanced video encoding and streaming solutions, today announced that its compact, professional-grade MGW Ace IP decoder is now available as an openGear® card. The modular ...
Ars Technica

hardware-accelerated NVidia HEVC 4k video playback - not ready for primetime?

For all 3 HEVC clips, GPUz reported a 'video engine load' of 0%. If that's to be believed, then HEVC-playback is being done entirely on the CUDA-cores, without any assistance from the dedicated ...
Tidbits

HEVC and HEIF Will Make Video and Photos More Efficient

If you haven’t already experienced abbreviation overload, Apple has added two more to your plate: HEVC (High Efficiency Video Coding) and HEIF (High Efficiency Image File Format — yes, it’s short one ...