The ATSC has published two new Candidate Standards documenting enhancements to the AC-3 digital audio compression standard and specifying its use in digital television. This is a major step toward ...

MPEG-4 audio does not require a single or small set of highly efficient compression schemes but rather a complex toolbox to perform a wide range of operations from low-bit-rate speech coding to ...

Just as a new generation of video coders is finding its way into the market, audio is keeping up the pace. Audio coders handle both ends of the bit-rate spectrum (and in the middle as well). Low ...

A Flurry of Activity in the Audio Codec World Is Increasing Coding Efficiency But Could Confuse Some Broadcasters Just as broadcasters were beginning to understand MPEG-2 Audio Layer II and Layer III, ...

Bluetooth audio is incredibly convenient, but you still want to make sure to understand what codecs you're using to get the ...

Dolby Labs has entered a partnership with OPPO on audio coding technology, specifically revolving around its HE AAC tech otherwise known as High-Efficiency Advanced Audio Coding. The partnership will ...

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Microsoft's Windows 10 will receive support for Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) over Bluetooth in a new update later in 2021. The AAC support means that Windows users will be able to get better audio ...

The next major update for Windows 10 later this year will include improved support for Apple's line of AirPods and other Bluetooth headphones and earbud speakers. In a blog post, Microsoft says it is ...

Microsoft has added AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) support for Bluetooth audio devices to the latest Windows 10 build released for Insiders in the Dev Channel. AAC is a lossy audio codec used by Apple ...