PickVidsBest Audio & video engineering Videos
The 76 Audio & video engineering videos here were recommended by different people across different months. Choose by who it is for: 9 introductory, 14 intermediate, 52 for a general viewer, and 1 for someone who wants the harder derivation. Most of them are an explainer. What they share is that one picture or analogy is used to supply a missing concept. Channels you will keep seeing include Technology Connections, Techmoan, Benn Jordan.
The Mystery Of MacBook Speakers
Dave2D looks at why MacBook speakers sound so much better than those on other laptops, with input from an audio researcher.
1 million fps Slow Motion video of bullet impacts made by Werner Mehl from Kurzzeit
Ten minutes of ultra-slow-motion footage of bullet impacts filmed at about one million frames per second by Werner Mehl of Kurzzeit.
Progressive decoding: JPEG vs JPEG XL vs AVIF
A short side-by-side demo of a large image loading over a slow connection in JPEG, progressive mozjpeg, JPEG XL and AVIF.
I Spent $1100 on DisplayPort Cables… for Science!
Linus Tech Tips tests a large batch of DisplayPort cables with a Total Phase cable tester, checking bandwidth and signal quality.
The cheapest capture card money can buy.. is actually WORTH buying? (BlueAVS/Goodan USB 2.0 CamLink)
EposVox reviews a very cheap USB 2.0 HDMI capture dongle sold under names like BlueAVS/Goodan, testing whether it works as an alternative to the Elgato Cam Link.
New York City in 1993 in HD - DTheater DVHS Demo Tape
Six minutes of street scenes from New York City in 1993, captured from a D-Theater HD DVHS demo tape that reused footage shot for the Japanese HiVision market.
Lines of Light: How Analog Television Works
Technology Connections explains how analog television produced moving images without computers, covering scanning, CRTs and standards like NTSC and PAL.
I published music on Tidal to test MQA - MQA Review
GoldenSound publishes music on Tidal to test MQA, a deep dive into the format's claims and problems including its leaky filter.
HOW TO DATAMOSH: PART 1
A how-to video on datamoshing, the glitch-art technique of removing keyframes so that motion data smears across video.
A$AP Mob - Yamborghini High (Official Video) ft. Juicy J
The official music video for A$AP Mob's Yamborghini High featuring Juicy J, known for heavy datamoshing and glitch effects with hue shifting.
LCCS: The LCD / CRT Hybrid from JVC
A Technology Connections video on JVC's LCCS, a display hybrid that cycles a color LCD shutter over a monochrome CRT to produce field-sequential color without dots or stripes.
Peru 8K HDR 60FPS (FUHD)
A travel video of Peru shot natively in 8K HDR at 60fps on a Red Helium sensor.
Bookeen displays smooth video playback on eInk Panel
A short Bookeen R&D demo showing smooth H.264 video playback on a Pearl E Ink panel, driven by a TI OMAP3621 chip and custom controller software.
Dasung Releases 25.3" Monitor- Paperlike 253 | First Look
A short first look at Dasung's 25.3-inch Paperlike 253 e-ink monitor, edited from the company's own Weibo reveal video.
LGR Oddware - MiniDisc Data Storage: Sony MDH-10
An LGR Oddware episode looking at Sony's MDH-10 MD Data drive from 1995, which used MiniDisc for computer storage years before Hi-MD.
World's Second Best Speakers!
Tech Ingredients builds a pair of large Voigt speakers and explains ported, transmission line and horn designs.
COSTA RICA IN 4K 60fps HDR (ULTRA HD)
A five-minute 4K 60fps HDR travel montage of Costa Rica by the Mystery Box video team.
The Voder: 1939, the worlds first electronic voice synthesizer
A short look at the Voder, the first electronic voice synthesizer, demonstrated by Bell Labs at the 1939 World's Fair.
TiVo "Advanced Paid Program" Snippet
A short clip of a TiVo paid-programming broadcast from the early 2000s, which TiVo used to send guide data and service updates to DVRs over cable TV before broadband was common.
Bad Apple on an E-ink E paper display (2022)
A demo of the Bad Apple music video played back at 60 FPS on an e-ink display, up from 2.4 FPS in an earlier attempt.
Comparing Beta & VHS on Quality: Was Beta Really Better?
Technology Connections compares Betamax and VHS picture quality using footage from a 1979 RCA VCR and argues the Beta quality advantage was largely marketing.
VINYL: Maybe it's time we had an intervention.
Benn Jordan measures air quality around vinyl records with a pollution meter and finds high particulate and VOC levels.
Sound of the dialup modem explained
A short animation that pairs the sound of a dialup modem handshake with a graphic explaining what each phase of the sound means.
VIDEO ROOM 1000 COMPLETE MIX -- All 1000 videos seen in sequential order!
A condensed rendition of a project that re-uploaded one video to YouTube 1000 times, showing the accumulating compression artifacts.