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AC97

MPEG Layer III

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Ogg

Audio signal processing

FLAC

MP3

Speech coding

Squish

AC3

HVXC

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	Audio codec - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		An audio codec is a computer program that compresses/decompresses digital audio data according to a given audio file format or streaming audio format.
		Most codecs are implemented as libraries which interface to one or more multimedia players, such as XMMS, Winamp or Windows Media Player.
		When used in this manner, the phrase audio codec refers to the device encoding an analog audio signal to a digital audio signal, or decoding an analog audio signal from a digital audio signal.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Audio_codec (173 words)

	Advanced Audio Coding - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		AAC was designed as an improved-performance codec relative to MP3 (which was specified in MPEG-1 and MPEG-2) by the ISO/IEC in 11172-3 and 13818-3.
		AAC is a wideband audio coding algorithm that exploits two primary coding strategies to dramatically reduce the amount of data needed to represent high-quality digital audio.
		The MPEG-4 audio standard does not define a single or small set of highly efficient compression schemes but rather a complex toolbox to perform a wide range of operations from low bitrate speech coding to high-quality audio coding and music synthesis.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Advanced_Audio_Coding (1830 words)

	Audio Codec
		Codec is a portmanteau of "coder/decoder", which describes a device or program capable of performing transformations on a data stream or signal.
		Codecs can both put the stream or signal into an encoded form (often for transmission, storage or encryption) and retrieve, or decode that form for viewing or manipulation in a format more appropriate for these operations.
		The raw encoded form of audio and video data is often called essence, to distinguish it from the metadata information that together make up the information content of the stream and any "wrapper" data that is then added to aid access to or improve the robustness of the stream.
	www.econtentos.com /audio-codec.htm (467 words)

	KeyLabs: RealNetworks Audio Codec Preference Test 2
		KeyLabs identified a number of potential biases to a consumer audio codec test prior to testing, and implemented rigorous measures to control for these biases.
		The volume level of the audio output was monitored for consistency during the tests.
		An audio script was developed to run the participant through the test from beginning to end without the administrator's assistance.
	www.keylabs.com /results/realnetworks/audio2.html (2246 words)

	True Audio Codec Software - TTA Lossless Audio Codec - Realtime Audio Compressor
		The TTA lossless audio codec performs lossless compression on multichannel 8, 16 and 24-bit data of WAV audio files.
		The term "lossless" refers to the fact that such compression results in literally no data or quality loss; when decompressed, the audio file data are bit-identical to those of their originals.
		The TTA lossless audio codec allows for the storage of up to 20 audio CDs worth of music on a single DVD-R, retaining the original CD quality audio, plus detailed information in the popular ID3 tag format.
	www.true-audio.com /Codec.project (309 words)

	Audio Codec
		Audio Codec '97 (AC'97) is the specification for high-quality, 20-bit audio architecture used in many desktop PCs.
		AC'97 defined a high-quality audio architecture for the PC and is capable of delivering up to 96kHz/20-bit playback in stereo and 48kHz/20-bit in multichannel playback modes.
		In 2004, Intel released a new spec, Intel® High Definition Audio (Intel® HD Audio), which is capable of up to 192kHz/32-bit playback in multichannel mode.
	www.intel.com /technology/computing/audio (175 words)

	Real.com: Microsoft Audio
		It is especially important when evaluating audio codec performance to ensure sample clip lengths are long enough to identify objectionable artifacts that would become annoying after sustained listening.
		An audio format seeking to deliver a listening experience to the user which is identical to the original CD must be absolutely free of such artifacts, and must perform well enough to produce a satisfactory listening experience over minutes and hours of listening.
		Compressing audio to low bitrates always involves a tradeoff between frequency response (the highest notes that can be reproduced by format) and artifact level (the amount by which the frequencies that are reproduced differ from the original signal).
	www.real.com /msaudio (1258 words)

	FLAC - Free Lossless Audio Codec
		Volvo's Digital Jukebox, developed with PhatNoise, is fully integrated with the car's audio system and available for the S60, V70, XC70, and S80.
		This is similar to how Zip works, except with FLAC you will get much better compression because it is designed specifically for audio, and you can play back compressed FLAC files in your favorite player (or your car or home stereo, see supported devices) just like you would an MP3 file.
		It is the first truly open and free lossless audio format.
	flac.sourceforge.net (504 words)

	ISDN Codec and Audio over IP Network Software solution
		Multicasting is incredibly efficient because only one copy of the audio needs to be sent regardless of the number of receiving locations on the network...
		Audio can be MPEG compressed at between 64 and 384kbps or can even be linear (uncompressed).
		Communicator is the only IP codec on the market that offers robust, low-delay operation in a way similar to what broadcasters have come to expect from, say, ISDN connectivity.
	www.audiotx.com /main.html (414 words)

	Fraunhofer IIS - Audio & Multimedia Realtime Systems - MP3: MPEG Audio Layer-3
		In its audio section, a generic family of three codec formats (Layer-1, -2, -3) is specified.
		Layer 3 is a more efficient codec and leads to its widespread adoption as a way to store music on the relatively small hard disk drives of the era’s PCs and to transfer music files over the Internet through pokey 28.8kbps PC modems.
		Instead, digital audio data is compressed in a way that despite the high compression rate the decoded audio sounds exactly - or as closely as possible - like the original audio.
	www.iis.fraunhofer.de /amm/techinf/layer3 (1807 words)

	Codec Installation Packages for IT Professionals
		Important: If you are currently using Windows Media Player 10 and need to install Windows Media codecs, reinstall the player which provides the latest codec versions.
		Previous codec versions have been included to decode any data you may encounter that has been encoded with those older versions.
		This package is for network administrators who want to deliver support for the latest Windows Media Audio and Video codecs for enterprise computers running Windows Media Player 6.4.
	www.microsoft.com /windows/windowsmedia/format/codecdownload.aspx (268 words)

	Audio Codec...Astroppo.com
		Here is free textual content related to Audio Codec to utilize on your web site in accordance with the GNU license.
		Compression of sounds is generally called audio compression, where methods of psychoacoustics are used to remove non-audible components of the signal to make compression more efficient.
		Different audio compression standards are listed under audio codecs.
	www.astroppo.com /audio-codec.htm (863 words)

	Windows Media Audio Codecs
		The following audio codecs are automatically downloaded by the latest versions of Microsoft Windows Media Encoder and Windows Media Player, and are supported by the Windows Media Digital Rights Management platform.
		This codec samples audio at 44.1 or 48 kilohertz (kHz) using 16 bits, similar to the current CD standard, offering CD quality at data rates from 64 to 192 kilobits per second (Kbps).
		The audio quality of content that is compressed using this codec is the best of all Windows Media Audio codecs.
	www.microsoft.com /windows/windowsmedia/9series/codecs/audio.aspx (945 words)

	dBpowerAMP
		There are two types of compression: Lossy where audio quality is lost (and is lost forever when compressed) in order to have smaller audio files and Lossless where no audio quality is lost (just like zip compression).
		Spoon's Audio Guide for details and help choosing the right audio codec to suit your needs.
		In addition there are Utility Codecs which perform useful actions on existing audio files (such as rename based upon ID Tag).
	www.dbpoweramp.com /codec-central.htm (304 words)

	Apple - QuickTime - Technologies - AAC Audio
		Because of its exceptional performance and quality, Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) is at the core of the MPEG-4, 3GPP and 3GPP2 specifications and is the audio codec of choice for Internet, wireless and digital broadcast arenas.
		AAC was developed by the MPEG group that includes Dolby, Fraunhofer (FhG), ATandT, Sony and Nokia—companies that have also been involved in the development of audio codecs such as MP3 and AC3 (also known as Dolby Digital).
		AAC compressed audio at 96 Kbps generally exceeded the quality of MP3 compressed audio at 128 Kbps.
	www.apple.com /quicktime/technologies/aac (408 words)

	MPEG-4 AAC Standard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) is a wideband audio coding algorithm that exploits two primary coding strategies to dramatically reduce the amount of data needed to convey high-quality digital audio.
		Efficient audio compression is achieved by a variety of perceptual audio coding and data compression tools, which are combined in the MPEG-4 AAC specification.
		A copy of the MPEG-4 Audio standard can be purchased from the ISO online store (search for "14496-3").
	www.vialicensing.com /products/mpeg4aac/standard.html (185 words)

	True Audio Software :: The World of True Audio
		Tau Producer is the Windows GUI (graphical user interface) for the Free Lossless True Audio codec (TTA) - the real-time lossless audio compressor that boasts equal-or better-results to similar popular compression formats.
		Using the TTA lossless audio codec, a music aficionado could easily archive as many as 20 audio CDs onto a single DVD-R, while maintaining the original CD quality.
		True Audio Plug-ins Pack - is a cumulative pack of True Audio DirectShow codecs and input plug-ins for the most popular media players.
	tta.sourceforge.net (613 words)

	True Audio Codec Software - The World of True Audio
		By evaluating the character of audio data a CD contains, Tau Analyzer can distinguish between original studio-based recordings and those that have been "reconstructed" using a lossy audio source, such as MP3.
		True Audio (TTA) command line encoder (http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/tta/ttaenc-3.3.zip?download) - is a free console-based real-time lossless audio compressor.
		TTA performs lossless compression of audio data for multichannel 8, 16 and 24-bit WAV files.
	www.true-audio.com (398 words)

	Audio codec ? - ResellerRatings
		Propably the audio is encoded in mp3 which you can decode but the video is in divx.
		When opening the file in Virtualdub and going to file information it displays under audio Compression: Unknown (tag 2000), this means as I have found out that the audion is in AC3 format.
		Now the solution to this I have read is you need to get the file iviaudio.ax (AC3 codec) pop it into your windows/system directory and register it or an easier way would be to install the Nimo 5.0 codec pack, I have done both and still cant get any sound.
	www.resellerratings.com /forum/t22448.html (491 words)

	Speex: a free codec for free speech
		Speex is an Open Source/Free Software patent-free audio compression format designed for speech.
		Finally, Speex is part of the GNU Project and is available under the Xiph.org variant of the BSD license.
		Note that Speex has a number of features that aren't in other codecs such as intensity stereo encoding, integration of multiple sampling rates in the same bitstream, and a VBR mode; see our comparison page for more.
	www.speex.org (328 words)

	The GSM 06.10 lossy speech compression library and its applications
		Pulse3d is streaming GSM 06.10 audio to its real-time animated characters, along with the lip sync and and body animation information that makes them come to life.
		It supports a number of different audio codecs (among them GSM 06.10) and a H.261 video codec that is packetized with the increasingly popular RTP.
		Microsoft's GSM 06.10 CODEC is not compatible with toast's frame format - they use 65-byte-frames (2 x 32 1/2) rather than rounding to 33, and they number the bits in their bytes from the other end.
	kbs.cs.tu-berlin.de /~jutta/toast.html (5197 words)

	Codecs - voip-info.org
		Codecs are used to convert an analog voice signal to digitally encoded version.
		Codecs vary in the sound quality, the bandwidth required, the computational requirements, etc.
		I have seen a lot of work about the characterisation of Codecs in terms of bandwidth utilisation, but has there any work been done on the suitability of different codecs based on network SLA parameters.
	www.voip-info.org /wiki-Codecs (948 words)

	FLAC - download
		All source code and binaries are freely available and distributed under Open Source licenses.
		The codec libraries are distributed under Xiph.org's BSD license, and the plugins and command-line utilites (flac and metaflac) are distributed under the GPL.
		Monkey's Audio can be fooled into supporting FLAC as an external encoder; here's how.
	flac.sourceforge.net /download.html (597 words)

	Fraunhofer IIS - Audio & Multimedia Home of MP3
		The Ensonido technology renders multi-channel audio material for stereo headphones, modeling the natural reception of surround sound by the human ear.
		Research items include audio and video source coding, multimedia streaming on the Internet and mobile networks, implementation of coding schemes on mobile platforms and DSPs, virtual acoustics for headphones, digital broadcasting applications, and novel audio processing schemes.
		The Audio and Multimedia Realtime Systems departments of Fraunhofer IIS have joined with the Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology (IDMT) in Ilmenau into an Audio and Multimedia (AMM) departments cluster.
	www.iis.fraunhofer.de /amm (383 words)

	ISDN Codec sales world-wide from ISDNAUDIO.COM
		We specialise in ISDN audio codecs, supplying everyone from small studios and individual users to the world's largest broadcast organisations.
		ISDN Codecs are used by broadcast and professional audio studios for the live transmission of studio quality audio.
		The codec connects to an ISDN line - these are available in most countries worldwide from the majority of phone companies, and costs are similar to those of ordinary telephone lines.
	www.isdnaudio.com (677 words)

	APT - Welcome (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		algorithms in a variety of formats to leading audio manufacturers and users worldwide.
		APT is regarded as an industry leader and is at the forefront of its field having developed the highly acclaimed 16 bit Standard apt-X
		This patented technology is recognized throughout the industry as providing the highest quality audio and, as a result has achieved international penetration in the worlds of broadcasting and professional audio applications.
	www.aptx.com (150 words)

	Free-Codecs.com :: Download VoxWare MetaSound Audio CoDec 1.6.0.17 : Voxware provides high-quality sound using low- to ...
		It comes with a variety of mono and stereo audio formats to choose from depending on your network bandwidth.
		Using the MetaSound codec and upping the bit rate to a whopping 8 or 16kbit/sec will fix this.
		The best part is there are no restrictions on the Voxware codecs - you can use'em in pretty much anything and they'll play.
	www.free-codecs.com /download/VoxWare_MetaSound_Audio_CoDec.htm (328 words)

	Video Codecs - Download MPEG Codecs, Download OGG and AVI Codecs : Codec Pack (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Codecs (Compress-Decompress) are required for encoding (creating) and decoding (playing) audio and video files.
		LEAD Codecs with iCompress™ technologies are the unprecedented leader in audio and video compression technology.
		LEAD codecs deliver the highest quality sound and high definition images to your multimedia formats.
	www.leadcodecs.com (277 words)

	Audio Codec Quality Shootout
		Encoding time is another possible consideration, but honestly, modern computers encode audio so quickly that the difference in speed between one format and another is practically a non-issue.
		There have been audio quality comparison tests before, but they usually focus on a single pair of codecs – often comparing the codec du jour against MP3.
		We wanted to find out which codec and settings sound best to normal people under normal listening conditions – at home on their own stereos and computers, using their own speakers or headphones.
	www.extremetech.com /article2/0,1558,1561566,00.asp (729 words)

	AAC Audio Codec (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) is the latest audio coding standard, defined in the MPEG-2 standard, is used for high-quality audio compression.
		AAC provides higher quality than MP3 at the same bit rate, or for the same audio quality it uses a 30 percent lower bit rate.
		Main Profile of AAC decoder provides the best audio quality at any given rate though memory and processing power requirements are higher.
	www.spiritcorp.com /aac_decoder.html (281 words)

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