Vcodex / Iain Richardson

Vcodex provides expert advice on video compression and multimedia communications. For over 10 years, this site has offered tutorials and resources that help to explain and de-mystify video codec technology.

Vcodex is led by Professor Iain Richardson, an internationally known expert on the MPEG and H.264 video compression standards. Based in Aberdeen, Scotland, he frequently travels to the US and Europe.

Professor Richardson is the author of "The H.264 Advanced Video Compression Standard", a widely cited work in the research literature. He has written three further books and over 50 journal and conference papers on image and video compression. He regularly advises companies on video codec technology, video coding patents and mergers/acquisitions in the video coding industry. Professor Richardson leads an internationally renowned image and video coding research team, contributes to the MPEG industry standards group and is sought after as an expert witness and litigation consultant.

Professor Richardson is also a founder of OneCodec, a new approach to video compression. OneCodec's technology makes it possible for any device to handle any video content : encode it once, play it anywhere.

Contact Iain Richardson: UK tel. 0131 208 0264 / US tel. 781 519 0264

Follow Iain on Twitter: @onecodec