In MPEG Layer III coding the compression gain is mainly achieved through the unequal distribution of energy in the different frequency bands, the use of the psychoacoustic model, and Huffman coding.

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 ...

Wireless Audio is a current hot topic in Consumer Electronics. The world is wireless in many mediums, however high quality wireless audio has been slow to emerge. Delivering seamless quality audio in ...

SAN FRANCISCO—Last month's article discussed the theory behind high-end audio coding. The second half of this series will define broadcast quality and tandem coding losses, and look at their effect on ...

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Via Licensing Corporation, a leading world-wide intellectual property solutions provider, today announced the upcoming availability of Extended High Efficiency AAC (xHE ...