The launch of FFmpeg 4.0 gave many compressionists their first chance to test the new AV1 codec, which is included in experimental form. For the first time, you had a single encoder that could produce ...

FFmpeg turned 4.0 a few weeks ago, an event I planned to leave unheralded until I read Tim Siglin’s latest research report entitled “Real-World HEVC Insights: Adoption, Implications, and Workflows.” ...

Another great update for FFmpeg.

FFmpeg Batch AV Converter is a free tool that simplifies audio and video encoding using the full power of FFmpeg through an intuitive GUI with drag-and-drop functionality and progress tracking. FFmpeg ...

Now that we've looked at how to playback HEVC-encoded files, it's time to create them. There are a whole collection of tools and utilities that can encode HEVC, but in this article I'm going to focus ...

FFmpeg Batch AV Converter is a free tool that simplifies audio and video encoding using the full power of FFmpeg through an intuitive GUI with drag-and-drop functionality and progress tracking. FFmpeg ...

From all the testing I performed for this article, it's clear that HEVC provides the best quality at the smallest file size, if you're content with the downsides and restrictions that the format ...