YouTube has been quietly re-encoding some of its videos, users have found. Where possible, they have increased the videos’ resolution from 320×240 to 480×360. They have also made improvements to the sound, including AAC audio instead of the mono sound on previous encodings. These up-conversions are happening mainly to newly uploaded videos, but they are more »

If you are lucky enough to own an iPhone or any other digital media player, Movavi has introduced a service that allows anyone to convert their videos on-the-fly, and without taking up your computer’s valuable CPU resources. There are many services like this out there, but few provide the simplicity and ease of use that more »

Do you loathe the amount of time it takes to re-encode videos just so it fits onto your video iPod? Elgato’s Turbo.264 Graphics Accelerator aims to cut render time down, and comes in the form of a USB dongle. It comes with a built-in graphics co-processor that handles video conversions to H.264 files optimized for more »