Content tagged codec
A codec is a device or computer program for encoding or decoding a digital data stream or signal. Codec is a portmanteau of coder-decoder.
In your HTML5 games made with Construct 2 , I'm sure you want sound effects. I've been thinking about the audio features that we need to add. I've ended up worr...
In my last blog post, On HTML5 audio formats , I discussed the patchy audio support in today's browsers. I argued that Internet Explorer and Safari should suppo...
We are sometimes asked how to make an MP3 play in a game made with Construct 2 or how to import MP3s into Construct 2 itself. We don’t allow it for a very good...
This is now our fourth blog post about audio on the web ( one , two , three ). We may be risking beating a dead horse, but we do need to clarify an important po...
The release of Windows 8 comes with a new Internet Explorer: Version 10. A new IE is still a rare event; IE9 was released about 18 months ago, whilst both Chrom...
Audio codec support has been a thorn in our side for years. It was a problem when we first got going in 2011, and six years later, browser support Is'nt a whole...
I've ranted a fair deal about the problem of audio codecs in HTML5 already. Here's some older Scirra blog posts on the subject - note however that some of the d...
We've long blogged about media codecs (the formats that audio and video are stored in) on the web. Two of our first five ever blogs posts were about the subject...