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 ...

There are dozens of file formats for word processing documents, database files, graphics, spreadsheets and so on. If a file was created in one application and you want to use it in another, you can ...

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 ...

One of the lingering concerns potential Linux users have is the worry of leaving behind Windows software they have relied on for playing audio and video files. That used to be a valid concern. But it ...

VLC Media Player is an excellent free and open-source media player app. In addition to letting you play your audio and video files, the app offers other useful features that you should be using. I’ll ...

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.

The FLAC file format is a great way to capture the sonic breadth and power of your sprawling CD collection. If you want your digital tunes to sound just as immersive as they do on the album, FLAC ...