Windows 7 Will Support Third-Party Codecs
Microsoft has offered official confirmation that Windows 7 will support third-party codecs, programs designed to make media players play nice with digital data stream or signal when it comes to encoding and decoding tasks.
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5.4.2009 Windows 7: Build 7057 blocks third-party video codecs
Something we love about Windows 7 is that it has much better native codec support, like H.264 and AAC. But the price might be high: It looks like Windows 7 might block third-party video decoders.
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26.3.2009Windows 7: Build 7057 blocks third-party video codecs
The latest beta of Windows 7 blocks the usage of third party video decoders from Windows Media Player and MCE. Albain, a DirectShow (ffdshow)
developer explains in his own words what he encountered when he was testing the multimedia pipeline of Windows 7 in the latest build 7057.
"Microsoft has locked mpeg4 and h264 codecs into Media Foundation, the replacer of DirectShow (even if directshow is still supported).There is no way
to override those codecs, even if you develop a Media Foundation version of your decoder, because Microsoft maintains a list of preferred codecs
(their codecs) into the registry (HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT and HKLM \MediaFoundation\Transforms\Preferred), and this registry key cannot be
modified, even in admin mode.
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27.03.2009TiVo software supports more codecs
TiVo has slowly been expanding the scope of its service to include content the Internet has to offer. Today, the company announced an update to its
Desktop Plus software that supports common "Web video" codecs...
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19.03.2008Windows Imaging Component Code Samples and Tools
This download includes sample code that demonstrates how to use the WIC APIs to create WIC-compliant CODECs and WIC-enabled applications. With this
information, ISVs will be able create CODECs that are registered in Windows and will be automatically recognized by WIC-enabled applications. This
download includes both the source code and compiled binaries for the included samples. Both x86 & x64 version of the binaries are included.
The samples included in this download are:
- WICExplorer “ An application which utilizes the WIC API to load still
images and read their metadata.
- AITCODEC “ A custom CODEC that demonstrates how to create a WIC-compliant CODEC. This sample
includes documentation on the custom AITCODEC.
- WICGrinder “ An application used to test WIC-compliant CODECs. This sample
includes documentation on using WICGrinder to customize tests.
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27.11.2007DivX to be Added to PlayStation 3
DivX said Tuesday that its codecs will be added to Sony's PlayStation 3, allowing the device to play back videos in the format...
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13.11.2007Linspire Releases 2.0 Version of Free OS
Linspire on Wednesday released
the second version of
Freespire, the community-based
operating system based on
Canonical's Ubuntu Linux
distribution, enhancing it
with its own proprietary
software, drivers, and codecs...
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09.08.2007AMD Catalyst 7.11 Released
AMD has released an update to their Catalyst software suite, bringing the oft-updated package up to version 7.11.
There are no
noted performance improvements or new features in this
release. In fact, the only thing noteworthy about these is a lower than
usual number of
bug fixes. Whether that's a Good Thing or Bad Thing
depends on your point of view, I suppose.
Catalyst 7.11 installers are
available for
Windows Vista 32-bit,
Windows Vista 64-bit,
Windows XP 32-bit,
Windows XP 64-bit,
Windows Media Center Edition,
Linux 32-bit and
Linux 64-bit.
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22.11.2007MobiTV Announces Microsoft
Deal
MobiTV said Tuesday that it
had partnered with Microsoft
to bring its service to
Windows Mobile based devices,
as well as Windows XP
computers. The company will
use Microsoft's digital
rights management and codecs
along with Windows Media
Player to deliver its content...
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05.04.2006Windows Imaging Component RC1
Thanks CoolCatBad for posting
this in
Back
Page News on our
forums.
The Windows
Imaging Component supports
discovery of new and
proprietary (e.g., Raw) image
formats. Any application that
uses WIC can take advantage of
new image formats as soon as
their CODECs
(encoder/decoders) are
installed on the computer. WIC
includes updated CODECs for
JPEG, TIFF, GIF, PNG, & BMP
that are more secure than
previously released CODECs for
these formats, and also
supports a new
high-performance image format
called Windows Media Photo.
Additionally, WIC provides
metadata readers and writers
for common image metadata
formats, and enables
applications to preserve their
own metadata inside image
files so they don't need to
create "sidecar files".
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05.10.2006Microsoft and Nikon ink deal around digital, perhaps wireless, cameras
After teaming up on Windows Vista, HD Photo, codecs, and wireless technologies over the past few years, Microsoft and Nikon last night unveiled a
cross-licensing deal involving digital cameras and still unnamed additional products...
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29.08.2008Alcatel-Lucent Victory in MP3 Dispute Signals Trouble for Digital Audio
In the first of a series of
patent disputes regarding its
claims to rights to
technologies used in MP3 audio
codecs, French
telecommunications firm
Alcatel-Lucent -- which now
owns the IP first conceived by
Bell Laboratories -- was
awarded $1.5 billion in a jury
verdict against Microsoft in a
federal district court in
Seattle this afternoon...
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23.02.2007AMD Catalyst 7.10 Released
AMD has released version 7.10 of their Catalyst driver package, which offers significant performance gains in D3D10 applications, especially when
using CrossFire configurations. According to
Dave
Baumann, this is the first driver for the HD 2000 series to enable general-purpose AFR, which explains some of the enormous performance increases
there.
Some highlights of the improved D3D10 performance according to the release notes:
- Bioshock
performance is at least 70% higher on all Crossfire configurations.
- World in Conflict renderer is faster by 20% or more on single card HD
2900 or 2600 configurations and 14-67% in Crossfire configurations.
- Call of Juarez is up to 34% faster for single cards and 42% faster
for Crossfire.
- Company of Heroes is 80% faster in Crossfire configurations and up to 31% faster for single cards.
There are
additional performance gains in Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, which is as much as 23% faster on both the X1000 and HD 2000 series of cards.
Adaptive anti-aliasing is also officially enabled on X1000 cards, and software Crossfire support is now available for the HD 2400 and 2600
cards.
7.10 is available for
32-bit
Vista,
64-bit Vista,
32-bit XP, and
64-bit XP. As a side note, AMD has said that a new version of the
Linux Catalyst package will be released soon.
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12.10.2007VIA and QSound Labs, Inc. Bring Superior Sound Systems to Windows Vista
VIA Technologies, Inc., a leading innovator of high performance audio silicon, and QSound Labs, Inc., a leading technology developer of audio and
voice software solutions, today announced the delivery of a superior sound system for Windows Vista based multimedia, personal and laptop computers.
QSound's QHD technology is now available on VIA Vinyl High Definition Audio codecs and controllers.
VIA's advanced codecs and
controllers combined with QSound's QHD technology enable consumers to experience high definition audio the way it should be heard with content like
movies, music, games and even TV programs. Powered by VIA Vinyl Audio hardware, QSound QHD combines several audio technologies to deliver a top
quality audio experience while still addressing the unique demands of multi-format audio playback typical of a multimedia-rich device such as a PC.
Small speakers found in today's computers will now sound significantly larger and richer with a more natural intensity regardless of the source of
the content.
"VIA delivers a broad range of world class PC silicon solutions for the international PC and multimedia computer
market and our combined technologies provide the consumer with an unmatched audio quality experience," said David Gallagher President and Chief
Executive Officer of QSound Labs Inc. "We are very pleased to be enhancing the Vista audio experience by working closely with a strong Windows
partner like VIA."..
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26.09.2007Windows 7 to support DivX natively
One of the new features announced at the recent Windows 7 Reviewers Workshop in LA is that Windows 7 will natively support a number of popular media
formats, so that users don't have to worry about finding, installing and downloading third-party codecs. This is an evolution in media support
which is similar to the inclusion of native MPEG-2 playback in Windows Vista, providing the DVD playback functionality which was missing in Windows
XP. News source: Source
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04.01.2009Google releases new Android SDK
Google released a new version of the software developer kit for its Android mobile open development platform on Wednesday.
The new SDK has
a new user interface, a geocoder that lets developers search for businesses as well as translate an address into a coordinate and vice versa, support
for new media codecs, and code that lets developers create layout animations. One thing missing is change to the telephony package, laments one
developer on the Android Developer discussion on Google Groups.
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14.02.2008Improved Windows interoperability in Ubuntu
A proposal has been created by Scott Richie, an Ubuntu MOTU, that Wine be included in the Main repository of Ubuntu. This does not mean the Wine would
be installed by default but instead that, on clicking an executable file, the user would be prompted if they want to install Wine. An automatic
install would follow, similar to what is already done for codecs in Ubuntu. The proposal comes after realising that only 37% of Ubuntu users had
installed Wine with only a third of these using it according to PopCon. Having previously been too unstable in its beta versions, Scott Richie
believes Wine is now mature enough for inclusion in the distribution.
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15.12.2008Google buys video compression outfit On2
Google on Wednesday said it will acquire
On2
Technologies, a video compression company, for $106.5 million.
Under the terms of the stock swap, each share of On2 will be
exchanged for 60 cents worth of Google common stock.
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05.08.2009Microsoft Office 2010 top new features
Microsoft introduced a public beta of Office 2010 today. Neowin has taken a look at Office 2010 and we have pulled out our favourite new features.
Check them out below. Embed, edit and manage videos within PowerPoint 2010 PowerPoint 2010 now allows you to easily insert local videos and web
videos. New features include video trim which allows you to cut down your video without a third party application. With video tools you can apply
fades, set video effects and styles and also set a preview image for your video. PowerPoint will also compress your media for improved playback in
presentations. Supported formats include:AVIWMVWMAMP3MOVH.264 DirectShow codecs can also be installed to extend codec support.
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18.11.2009Android will be 100% open source, says Google
Ed Burnette: Contrary to some reports, everything that makes Android "Android", including all the core platform components and libraries needed to
port Android to new devices will be open sourced under commonly used, industry standard licenses, says Google.
I confirmed with
three different Google employees at the Google I/O conference in San Francisco that the core Android platform will be 100% open source. Even
multimedia codecs, which historically are held close to the vest will be open. Except where noted, everything will use the Apache software license
(ASL v2). This is the same open source license used by projects like the Apache HTTP server, Tomcat, Harmony, and many other large projects in the
open source community.
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03.06.2008Microsoft invests in Net video company Move
Microsoft has invested in Internet TV company Move Networks for an undisclosed sum, in a move to broaden the reach of its video streaming
technology.
The investment comes roughly five months after the two companies struck a strategic partnership. In March, Microsoft
said it would begin supporting Move Network's video streaming technology within its own cross-browser video platform, Silverlight, which lets
publishers customize navigation and ads. As part of Monday's deal, Move Networks said it will support Windows Server-based encoding, Microsoft
video-compression technology (codecs), and Silverlight's digital rights management (DRM).
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26.08.2008Portable development platform runs Windows CE
Future X Technology of Taiwan has announced a compact development platform based on Freescale Semiconductor's i.MX21 system-on-chip (SoC). Presently
known only as the "Freescale i.MX21 3.5-inch TFT handheld," the device allows creation of portable devices that run Windows CE, according to the
company.
The i.MX21, targeted at mobile wireless applications by Freescale, is based on an ARM926EJ-S core with 16 KB of I-cache
and 16 KB of D-cache, clocked at either 266MHz or 350MHz. It incorporates a 16/18-bit color LCD controller with resolution up to 800 x 600 pixels.
Video playback capabilities include support for H.263 and MPEG-4 codecs, with CIF (352 x 288) resolution at up to 30 fps.
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