Audio codecs

• mp3: The standard for compressed music
• AAC-LC: Most common AAC profile, used e.g. by iPod
• HE-AAC, HE-AAC v2: Improved quality below 64 kbit/s
• AAC-ELD, AAC-LD: Full bandwidth, low delay audio coding
• HD-AAC: Lossless audio coding compatible to AAC
• MPEG Surround: 5.1 sound at stereo bitrates
• mp3 Surround: 5.1 sound at mp3 stereo bitrates
• MPEG SAOC*: Music 2.0: Interactive remixing / karaoke

Video Codecs

• H.264 / AVC
• MPEG-4 Part 2

Surround Audio Technologies

• MPEG Surround: 5.1 sound at stereo bitrates
• SX Pro: Creates surround content from any stereo content
• mp3 Surround: 5.1 sound at mp3 stereo bitrates
• mp3 SX: Enhances stereo mp3 files towards 5.1
• mp3D: Improved playback of stereo and 5.1 over headphones

Communication

• Audio Communication Engine:
  Complete solution for high-quality communication applications
• AAC-ELD, AAC-LD: Full bandwidth, low delay audio coding

Streaming Systems

• MP4FF: MPEG-4 File Format Library
• AV Streaming Server and Player
• DLNA / UPnP Server and Player
• mp3 Surround 5.1 web radio
• Streaming clients for the Apple iPhone® SDK

Broadcasting

• DVB-H: Encoder and player software for mobile TV
• DAB Surround: DAB in 5.1 sound compatible to all receivers
• DAB+: Next generation DAB standard
• Digital Radio Mondiale, T-DMB
• HECA: High Efficiency Conditional Access
• Journaline: Teletext for digital radio

*currently under standardization in MPEG

Fraunhofer USA Digital Media Technologies*
Jan Nordmann
Phone +1 408 573 9902
codecs@dmt.fraunhofer.org
100 Century Center Court, Suite 504
San Jose, CA 95112

*Fraunhofer USA Digital Media Technologies, a division of Fraunhofer USA, Inc., promotes and supports the products of Fraunhofer IIS in the U.S.

www.dmt.fraunhofer.org