Maintaining a Windows-based PC has, in most respects, gotten easier over the years. OS 'hackability' (the bad kind) has dropped, and Windows Update has become a terrific tool for minimal-intervention ...

Streaming platforms and video services have long relied on open-source codecs like x264, x265, SVT-AV1, libaom, and libvp9, all readily available in FFmpeg. For many users, these codecs offer ...

AVC plus AAC is the codec combination du jour, and Nero can create it for you. Still, I would just stick with MPEG-2, storage being cheaper than all the effort entailed ...

Here are the 5 best video players for Google TV: VLC, Just Player, Kodi, Nova Video Player, and MX Player. They offer better codec support, smoother playback, and cleaner interfaces than default ...