Ars Technica

C# code to encode/decode base64 strings?

Hi all,<BR><BR>Anyone have some C# sample code or class to decode/encode base64 data? I'm new to C#, and I thought this sort of thing would be built-in to .NET. Just looking for a black box that will ...
Ars Technica

Utility to report GPU capabilities wrt video encode/decode?

Does a utility exist that will query the installed GPU and report whether it supports hardware-accelerated encode and decode of h.264, h.265, etc? Because googling an AMD part number and trying to ...
PC Gamer

Intel Arc GPUs will support AV1 encode and decode

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9to5Mac

Apple updates M2 Max media engine specs to show upgrade from M2 Pro in new MacBook Pros

When Apple first unveiled the new MacBook Pro earlier this week, some users were surprised by a supposed downgrade in the specs of the media engine. While the M1 Max was always listed as having two ...