Now that the patents for the popular MP3 audio codec have expired, it’s unlikely that the format is going anywhere, despite many reports that misinterpreted what the end of the format’s licensing ...

Few audio standards have had the impact of MP3. But there’s more to audio codecs than just MP3. 3GPP audio standard format families, AAC and AMR, are the commercial powerhouses that are early in their ...

Coding Is Fundamental Component of Digital Production and Broadcast Systems Digital audio codecs are the fundamental enabling technology behind all of today’s emerging sound broadcast and distribution ...

Digital is becoming the dominant technology in today's audio applications. With satellite radio, VoIP, cellular phones, and MP3 players, digital is replacing analog techniques in broadcast ...

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Vivek Yadav, an engineering manager from ...

Standard compression algorithms and proprietary post-processing code challenge DSP chipmakers to deliver more MIPS at fewer watts. There are audio codec ICs that comprise an analog-to-digital ...

Audio codecs are one of the fundamental building blocks of modern media systems. The first and still most prominent MPEG audio codec is mp3, which first appeared on the market in 1998. Since then, ...

In this third part of Paving the way for the next generation audio codec for the True Wireless Stereo (TWS) applications whitepaper, the latency performance and how it impacts the ANC performance will ...

As a sound server for Linux, Pipewire 1.4 addresses music production requirements with an extended JACK API and MIDI 2 and contains new codecs. The new version of the ...

In this second part of Paving the way for the next generation audio codec for True Wireless Stereo (TWS) applications whitepaper, energy efficiency will be discussed and several means to achieve extra ...

TL;DR: Encodec is a next-generation audio codec based on a complex neural network design, a system that can squeeze a lot of audio juice into minimal storage space. The codec would work for Metaverse ...