Perceptual Pre-filtering Explained, MWC 2014

AI will become an essential part of our lives in the next few years, with the promise of delivering super-intelligent computers that exceed human analytical abilities. This is, however, several years away; indeed, the industry has only just embarked upon understanding what’s possible.

Video codecs play an integral, yet often underappreciated, role in digital video. Since the 1980s, they have remained a crucial but sometimes overlooked element of the software stack. The most successful persist in the market for a long time, enjoying a lifespan in excess of 20, or even 30, years.

Streaming media continues to reach more areas of consumers’ daily lives and as these markets mature attention begins shifting to new opportunities; opportunities that bring additional value, but also engender new technical hurdles and challenges. This white paper explores the impacts of future streaming media trends and the technical considerations necessary to …