You are here: Home Page»Audio» Fraunhofer audio codecs go Android
Fraunhofer audio codecs go Android
Mar 12, 2010 11:54 AM
Germany’s Fraunhofer IIS has introduced a range of MPEG audio codecs suitable for implementation on Android-based mobile phones. Technologies include the MPEG-4 HE-AAC v2 standard, the codec of choice for any mobile multimedia application including DTV and radio broadcasting as well as Internet radio streaming over 3G or WiFi connections.
Fraunhofer is also offering MPEG Surround, the new ISO standard codec that brings multichannel audio to mobile devices and living rooms. Operating on top of existing audio codecs such as HE-AAC, it enables content providers targeting mobile devices to deliver the highest surround audio quality at stereo bit rates to handsets equipped with conventional headphones. Music and video streaming as well as mobile TV services can be enhanced with a surround-sound experience without an increase in audio bit rate. At the same time, legacy devices play the streams in excellent stereo quality.
Fraunhofer’s MPEG audio software portfolio for Android is completed by offerings including MPEG AAC-LC, HD-AAC and AAC-ELD codecs. All software libraries are specifically optimized for low resource consumption on Android-based devices.
Fraunhofer IIS is involved in all MPEG audio standardization activities and offers quick access to product-ready implementations on embedded processors. Implementations are available for all popular platforms, including ARM, MIPS, Texas Instruments, Analog Devices, Freescale, PowerPC Starcore and other processors.
This eBook provides both new and veteran shooters an in-depth understanding of the technology that lies between the camera lens and the recording medium and how to maximize a camera's performance.
File-based technologies have replaced video tape methods for a majority of production and broadcast operations. The worlds of AV and IT are coalescing to create new methods and workflows for media
Video compression, editing and displays is an in-depth tutorial on MPEG compression technology, editing MPEG content and evaluating color video monitors written by long-time video expert, trainer and writer Steve Mullen, Ph. D.
2012 will be the year of mobile DTV. That’s the view of Erik Moreno, who along with Salil Dalvi, senior VP for Mobile Platform Development at NBC Universal, is co-general manager of the Mobile Content Venture.
Hear snippets of podcast interviews done throughout 2011 with Pat McDonough of The Nielsen Company, Glen Friedman of Ideas & Solutions!, Danny Wilson of Pixelmetrix and Greg Herman of Watch TV. Pictured is Danny Wilson, Pixelmetrix.
