Better Video, Audio Coming To MPEG-DASH: Microsoft’s Sodagar

LAS VEGAS — The next-generation format for video compression has grown fast over the last couple of years, with adoption from names including Google’s YouTube, Microsoft’s Azure, Adobe Primetime and Akamai. Support for live ad insertion, digital rights management and the HEVC standard was added recently, and European internet TV standard HbbTV just just moved up to version […]

 
 

Qualcomm is Shipping MPEG Dash Enabled Chips on All Android Devices

LAS VEGAS –  Semiconductor manufacturer Qualcomm is now shipping all Android devices with MPEG Dash implementations — and some phone manufacturers (OEM’s) are enabling the new video streaming standard, says Aytac Biber, Video Technology Product Manager, in this interview with Beet.TV Aytac says that Android devices powered by the Snapdragon chip using Dash, stream video […]