: a device or software system that can digitize and often compress an audio or video signal for transmission (as over a telephone line) and convert an incoming signal to audio or video for reception
To permit satellite communication through such a compact antenna, an electronic device called a voice coder-decoder—or codec—translates speech into a digital signal.—
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ProRes is Apple’s video codec, released in 2007 and thereafter widely adopted by video and cinema professionals.
—Carlton Reid, WIRED, 19 Sep. 2024
The limited nature of the SBC codec flattens the experience to a degree.
—PCMAG, 27 Oct. 2024
Apple introduced the ability to shoot with the ProRes codec on the iPhone 12 Pro, but only the iPhone 15 Pro, the iPhone 15 Pro Max, and the new 16 can also shoot in log.
—Carlton Reid, WIRED, 19 Sep. 2024
Bluetooth codec support is limited to just SBC, which offers the lowest bit rate and sound quality.
—Andrew Liszewski, The Verge, 15 Oct. 2024
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Carlton Reid, WIRED, 19 Sep. 2024
The limited nature of the SBC codec flattens the experience to a degree.
—PCMAG, 27 Oct. 2024
Apple introduced the ability to shoot with the ProRes codec on the iPhone 12 Pro, but only the iPhone 15 Pro, the iPhone 15 Pro Max, and the new 16 can also shoot in log.
—Carlton Reid, WIRED, 19 Sep. 2024
Bluetooth codec support is limited to just SBC, which offers the lowest bit rate and sound quality.
—Andrew Liszewski, The Verge, 15 Oct. 2024
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“Codec.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/codec. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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