Have you ever seen the error, ‘Cannot play, Video codec not supported?’ What is a codec and why do we need it to play a video file? A codec is a software or hardware-based process which is used to ...

VLC Media Player is one of the best multimedia players out there. This is because it has a clean and least complicated user interface and supports almost all multimedia formats, including audio and ...

Scenario: You’ve obtained an audio or video file that’s either in a format unsupported by the device you intend to play it on—an iOS device, traditional iPod, or your Mac, for example—or in a form ...

Remember when Windows Media Player ruled the earth? Before the world was inundated with versatile playback tools like VLC and countless other platforms, most users flocked to the built-in OS media ...

Media-Convert is a free online service that will convert audio, video, and text files for you, from and to virtually any kind of format. All you need to do is figure out where the file is resting on ...

Digital sound is nothing more than numbers. What separates one container from another is how those numbers are packed, how much data (if any) is thrown away, and which devices understand the result.

Xvid is a codec that compresses video files using the MPEG-4 Part 2 ASP format. Xvid files will play on many DVD or Blu-ray players and Windows 10 or later by default; Mac users will need to install a ...