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Video2NAND – Abusing video codecs for great computational power (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-02 | tags: vp8, nand gates, video codecs

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The Nothing Ear 3A look great… and sound good enough (theverge.com)

2026-07-29 | by John Higgins | tags: nothing ear 3a, ldac codec, 12mm drivers

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These new wireless earbuds also work over Wi-Fi, but without Qualcomm’s help (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-01 | get Apple AirPods Pro → | tags: vivo, tws 5 pro, qualcomm xpand

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To Get Better Audio Quality From Wireless Headphones, These Are the 8 Settings I Change (cnet.com)

2026-06-30 | by See Full Bio | get Wireless Headphone Equalizer Adapter → | tags: apple airpods, bluetooth codecs, ldac

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FFmpeg fixes PixelSmash flaw in widely used video decoder (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-06-22 | get FFmpeg Video Decoder Update → | tags: ffmpeg, pixelsmash, magicyuv

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I Want Sennheiser's New Accentum Clip Earbuds, but I'll Have to Go to Canada to Get Them (cnet.com)

2026-06-18 | by See Full Bio | get Sennheiser Accentum Earbuds → | tags: sennheiser, accentum clip earbuds, bluetooth 6.0

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The next big step for mobile video: AV1 successor is coming, with even more data savings (androidauthority.com)

2026-06-05 | get AV1 Codec Support Card → | tags: android, capture, codec

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Libwce: The entropy layer of a wavelet codec, on its own (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-24 | get Wavelet Codec Entropy Layer → | tags: libwce, wavelet codec, jpeg xs

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Perceptual Image Codec: What Matters in Practical Learned Image Compression (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-24 | get Learned Image Compression Codec → | tags: perceptual image codec, av1, iphone 17 pro max

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3 reasons the Galaxy S24 Ultra is the last true Galaxy Ultra Samsung ever made (androidauthority.com)

2026-05-04 | get Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra Case → | tags: galaxy s24 ultra, samsung, privacy display

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I've tested Sony headphones for years, and these tweaks get me the best audio - always (zdnet.com)

2026-04-26 | by Jada Jones | get Sony WH-1000XM5 Headphones → | tags: sony headphones, wh-1000xm6, noise cancellation

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H.264 streaming fees jump from $100,000 to $4.5 million a year under new licensing terms (techspot.com)

2026-04-07 | get H.264 Codec Licensing Guide → | tags: h.264, streaming fees, licensing

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Show HN: I successfully failed at one-shot-ing a video codec like h.264 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-04 | get H.264 Codec Developer Kit → | tags: sinter video codec, claude agent teams, lapped transforms

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HD Audio Driver for Windows 98SE / Me (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-30 | get Realtek HD Audio Driver → | tags: windows 98se, hd audio, intel 915

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FFmpeg 101 (2024) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-21 | get FFmpeg for Beginners Book → | tags: ffmpeg, libavformat, libavcodec

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Miss OnePlus’s Xpan mode? This Ultra phone basically has Xpan for video. (androidauthority.com)

2026-03-18 | get OnePlus Ultra Smartphone Case → | tags: vivo, x300 ultra, xpan

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FFmpeg at Meta: Media Processing at Scale (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-09 | by Wes Castro | get Media Encoder → | tags: ffmpeg, meta, media processing

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Big Shock: Samsung's Galaxy S26 Ultra Camera Updates Have a Ton of AI (cnet.com)

2026-02-25 | by See Full Bio | get Camera → | tags: samsung galaxy s26 ultra, samsung privacy display, night mode

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Noble Audio has released a USB-C Bluetooth dongle for high fidelity transmission (engadget.com)

2026-02-06 | get Noble Audio DAC → | tags: audio, codecs, device

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AV1 codec now powers 30% of Netflix streaming as company looks forward to AV2 (techspot.com)

2025-12-06 | get AV1 → | tags: adopted, adopted various, codec

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Bluetooth Codecs Explained: AAC, AptX, LDAC and More (cnet.com)

2025-12-05 | by See Full Bio | get Audio Codec → | tags: aptx, audio, bluetooth

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AV1: A Modern, Open Codec (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-05 | get AV1 → | tags: codec, modern, modern open

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Your YouTube and Netflix streams may look better and buffer less later this year (androidauthority.com)

2025-10-31 | get Roku Streaming Stick → | tags: av1, av2, codec

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Consider using Zstandard and/or LZ4 instead of Deflate (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-10-31 | get art supplies → | tags: codecs, github, https

25.

CodeCrafters (YC S22) is hiring first Marketing Person (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-10-31 | get art supplies → | tags: codecrafters, engineers, experienced

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I designed my own fast game streaming video codec – PyroWave (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-10-31 | get Google Pixel → | tags: 32, bit, codecs

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I designed my own fast game streaming video codec (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-10-31 | get Google Pixel → | tags: 32, bit, codecs