Does anyone have a solution to get Canon RAW files (.cr2), or really RAW (and DNG) files in general to show up with thumbnails in Explorer in Windows 10? Canon doesn't have a codec download for Win10, ...

The Windows 10 Anniversary Update, due this summer, will expand the range of video and audio codecs that are supported by the Edge browser. Microsoft is adding the VP9 video codec, the Opus audio ...

A new video codec has been made available for Video Streaming and Playback services to use over H.264 and H.265 or HEVC. This new codec is being called AV1. It is an open and royalty-free video coding ...

Microsoft has announced that it will add hardware acceleration support for the Aomedia Video 1 (AV1) video codec to Windows 10 this fall. AV1 is an open, royalty-free codec intended to provide ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Microsoft says that VP9 on Microsoft Edge will support both software and hardware decoding, ...

HEVC, or High-Efficiency Video Coding, is a video compression standard. It is also known as H.265 or MPEG-H Part 2. It is a successor to AVC or H.264 or MPEG-4. HEVC maintains the same video quality ...

Microsoft has published a new support page with details about codec support in Windows 10 and 11. For those unfamiliar, codecs are software bits that make it possible to play different audio and video ...