John Kean explains how the xHE-AAC codec utilizes metadata to shift dynamic range control from content producers to listeners ...

Building a digital music library used to be a simple matter of inserting a CD into your computer and encoding the songs as MP3 files. Today the process is a little more complicated. iTunes 4.5 and ...

Due to some hard drive problems, I need to rip all my cds again. I'm planning on using 192 or 224 mp3s for this. I know I could use EAC+lame, but I like to use iTunes to organize my music. So just ...

A recent discussion in our forums generated by our friend and neighbor, miTunes75, got me thinking. The thread begins with 75’s concern about the quality of files sold by the iTunes Music Store: Is ...

I ordered some expensive headphones this weekend, and now I'm thinking about upgrading my music to something better than 128 kbps AAC or 128 - 192 kbps MP3 files that most of my 3500 song iTunes ...

January 12, 2021 -- Erlangen, Germany --Fraunhofer IIS, primary developer of the xHE-AAC audio codec, today announced that Netflix is now using the xHE-AAC audio codec. Netflix has licensed Fraunhofer ...

An ordinance from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) was issued in 2011 on revision of the audio coding formats of 8K Super Hi-Vision (8K) broadcasting using 22.2 multichannel ...

A variety of audio compression technologies are being used today, each having a distinct advantage over the other in terms of compression ratio, coding delay, coding complexity or legacy system ...

Orban/CRL released Opticodec-PC Streaming Encoder Version 2.0, describing it as a mid-cost “SE” standard edition that also adds features to the professional PE and light LE editions. All editions of ...