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Monday, May 22, 11:00 — 13:30

W9 - MPEG SURROUND—RECENT PROGRESS IN PARAMETRIC CODING OF MULTICHANNEL AUDIO

Chair:
Jürgen Herre, Fraunhofer IIS
Panelists:
Steve Church, Telos Systems
Martin Dietz, Coding Technologies
Christof Faller, Agere Systems / EPFL
Frank Lott, Bayerischer Rundfunk
Werner Oomen, Philips Research
Heiko Purnhagen, Coding Technologies

Abstract:
One of the notable recent advances in the audio coding area is called Spatial Audio Coding, and describes systems for high-quality parametric coding of multichannel audio signals. Based on an improved understanding of binaural perception and related synthesis techniques, this approach enables a bit rate-efficient and backward compatible representation of multichannel audio which accommodates the transmission of surround sound even for applications with a very limited bit budget, including digital audio broadcasting and Internet streaming. The workshop will discuss the current state of technology (most notably the technology under standardization in ISO/MPEG Audio), open challenges and applications.

   
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