Have you ever overheard someone casually talking about their preferred audio codecs, or perhaps questioning the value of one model of wireless earbuds versus another because of the audio codecs they ...

Video editing can be a destructive business, especially when carried out over multiple sessions. Every time you save your movie with a regular lossy codec, the quality degrades just a little, and ...

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 ...

I downloaded a movie, but WMP cannot find a "suitable decompressor" for the audio stream. The only information that I have is from VirtualDub. It lists the audio compression as: Unknown (tag 2000).

If you stream music (and who doesn't these days) you've obviously come across abbreviations at the end of the audio files. The acronyms reading WAV, FLAC, MP3 and so on, are called audio codecs. You ...

Maker, meme-r, and unabashed geek, Joe has been writing about technology since starting his career in 2018 at KnowTechie. He's covered everything from Apple to apps and crowdfunding and loves getting ...

ALAC Decoder by David Hammerton, which is a basic decoder for Apple Lossless Audio Codec files (ALAC). This early version has the limitation of only being able to handle 16 bit sample sizes and mono ...

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 ...

Figured out the problem. The video was shot with a Logitech digicam/webcam device and was in an uncompressed format. I could see it fine because I have the Logitech software installed. No one else ...

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 ...