Euclid Discoveries continues with their modus operandi, talking big and showing nothing. Now it’s a 5X improvement in compression over standard MPEG-4, at least in a press-release-ware.

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Dr. Dobb’s Portal August, 2006 Article on DDJ site Over the years I’ve spent quite a bit of time and money experimenting with the best ways to implement networked music and video in my home. Back in 2004 I showed you how to build a home video jukebox, albeit with a few compromises. Today you [...]

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Incredible video compression claims are a morbid fascination of mine – usually it’s obvious that the claims are going to go down in flames, and it’s just a matter of watching for the inevitable disaster. I’m using the term incredible in its literal sense, a synonym for unbelievable, which comes in to play when somebody [...]

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There are a lot of video codecs in the world, and the competition is pretty fierce. Is there any room for a newcomer to claw out some market share? There are lots of pretenders, but few who actually succeed in making a dent in the marketplace. Let’s look at what’s already out there and in [...]

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Byte.comFebruary 9, 2004 Article on Byte.com I’ve been an ardent proponent of server-based digital media for a long time. Way back in 1999, technology finally reached the point where I could migrate my music collection from CDs to a server, with the result chronicled here. Once that was accomplished, I naturally begin work on moving [...]

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