Coding Technologies Brings Surround Sound to the Handset with MPEG-4 aacPlus and MPEG Surround.Software Development Kits for Embedded Platforms Available BARCELONA, Spain -- Coding Technologies, the leading provider of audio compression technology for digital broadcasting, mobile music and the Internet, today announced the availability of the brand new MPEG Surround software development kits (SDKs) for embedded platforms to bring true surround sound to the mobile phone. These new SDKs combine Coding Technologies' MPEG-4 aacPlus, the world's most efficient audio codec, with the newly standardized MPEG Surround compression technique. Coding Technologies provides implementations for the most commonly used platforms such as TI C55/64/67, ARM, ADI Blackfin, and MIPS (Million Instructions Per Second) The execution speed of a computer. For example, .5 MIPS is 500,000 instructions per second; 100 MIPS is a hundred million instructions per second. . Based on a new paradigm for multi-channel audio coding, MPEG Surround is the only multi-channel encoding system with built-in backward compatibility to stereo. The additional enabler for mobile surround sound is the binaural binaural /bi·nau·ral/ (bi-naw´r'l) pertaining to both ears. bin·au·ral adj. Having or relating to both ears. binaural pertaining to both ears. decoding mode available in MPEG Surround which allows for a high quality surround sound experience on stereo headphones while keeping complexity low. It offers the ability for music and movie download services to bring the improved quality of surround sound to portable players as well as to multi-channel speaker systems set-up in the home environment and in the car. This can be achieved without any compromise of the user experience, even for those using older players limited to stereo playback. "MPEG Surround is a great technology which is also highly suited to the mobile world where more and more people are using their phone or other types of portable player as their music device of choice," said Martin Dietz, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and President, Coding Technologies. "We have always seen audio quality as a defining factor in the future of consumer services. Now that we are able to bring the surround sound experience that we have come to expect in the home to a mobile phone, we are increasingly looking at mobile as an area offering enormous potential for further development." The incorporation of surround sound on portable devices is made possible by the low overheads associated with MPEG Surround data. This technology advantage means that a surround sound bit stream can be put onto a storage-constrained device without any penalty in output quality and with very little loss in device storage levels. "Our dedicated team has worked hard to ensure the quickest possible availability of this amazing technology", added Dietz. "As the focus on mobile applications continues to gather momentum globally, this latest development opens up a whole new mobile experience for the user to enjoy." The company will be demonstrating MPEG Surround at the 3GSM World Congress. Other demonstrations will include implementations of the aacPlus audio codec developed by Coding Technologies, such as Vodafone's RadioDJ. All trade names, company names and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of the respective owners Coding Technologies Coding Technologies provides the best audio compression for mobile, broadcasting, and Internet. SBR SBR - Spectral Band Replication [TM] (Spectral Band Replication (audio, compression) Spectral Band Replication - (SBR) Guessing the nontransmitted higher frequency range of a compressed audio file by some helper bits (transmiited with the stream) and the transmitted base band. ) from Coding Technologies is a backward and forward Adv. 1. backward and forward - moving from one place to another and back again; "he traveled back and forth between Los Angeles and New York"; "the treetops whipped to and fro in a frightening manner"; "the old man just sat on the porch and rocked back and forth all compatible method to enhance the efficiency of any audio codec; putting the "PRO" in mp3PRO and the "Plus" in aacPlus. Parametric Stereo from Coding Technologies and Philips again significantly increases the efficiency of audio codecs for stereo signals at low bit rates. Products from Coding Technologies are fundamental enablers of open standards such as 3GPP GPP Government Performance Project GPP General Purpose Processor GPP General Physical Preparedness GPP Gambian People's Party GPP Good Pharmacy Practice GPP Gross Primary Productivity GPP Green Procurement Program GPP Generic Packetized Protocol , 3GPP2, MPEG (Moving Pictures Experts Group) An ISO/ITU standard for compressing digital video. Pronounced "em-peg," it is the universal standard for digital terrestrial, cable and satellite TV, DVDs and digital video recorders (DVRs). , DVB (Digital Video Broadcasting) An international digital television (DTV) standard that is the European and Far Eastern counterpart of the North American ATSC standard. , Digital Radio Mondiale (communications) Digital Radio Mondiale - (DRM) A form of monaural digital broadcast using carrier frequencies below 30 MHz. DRM uses MPEG-4 AAC Main Profile and SBR at data rates of 16-25 kbps. http://drm.org/. , HD Radio, and the DVD Forum. Coding Technologies is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. with offices in Sweden, Germany, China, and the USA. Founded in 1997 in Stockholm, the company later merged with a spin-off of the renowned Fraunhofer Institute in Germany, the inventor of MP3. Coding Technologies' customers include America Online, EMP, iBiquity Digital, KDDI, O2, Nokia, Orange, RealNetworks, SK Telecom, Sprint, T-Mobile, Thomson, Texas Instruments, Vodafone, and XM Satellite Radio. For more information, visit www.codingtechnologies.com. |
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