ORLANDO, Fla.—“All I need is a QuickTime file.” How many times have you heard this from a client? Unfortunately, that’s not enough information. Here are the reasons why. Digital files consist of ...

Does anyone know where/what/which files are related to the absolute orginal .avi codecs that comes installed with a brand new install of winXP? I think i've corrupted something on my computer and am ...

I've recently picked up some .mpg files, and found, to my dismay, that I cannot play them. When I try to open them, I get the message (from Windows Media Player) "No combination of filters could be ...

In the ever-evolving world of technology and video capture and formats, new standards often appear to enhance our digital lives. A good example of this is the high-performance file formats and codecs ...

Audio files encoded with certain codecs -- or more specifically, multiple codecs -- cannot be shared (though they can be played on the host computer) through iTunes 6.0.1. MacFixIt reader Peter ...

A Qualcomm representative suggested that the company will skip AV1 encoding. The representative hinted that Qualcomm could skip to VVC encoding instead. This will allow for much smaller file sizes ...

One of the less pleasant news in this autumn’s major upgrade of Windows 11 (24H2) is that the built-in support for Dolby Digital audio is removed. If you have files that use the codec in question, i.e ...

It appears that audio files encoded with certain codecs -- or more specifically, multiple codecs -- cannot be shared (though they can be played on the host computer) through iTunes 6.0.1. MacFixIt ...