Multi-channel support at stereo bit-rates

Compatible with existing stereo devices

Mobile surround reproduction over stereo earphones

Cost-effective way to expand any stereo infrastructure for multi-channel usage

MPEG Surround technology extends any existing audio distribution chain from mono or stereo towards high quality, multi-channel audio while remaining fully compatible with existing receivers. It also enables the creation of new surround services that are not possible with legacy formats.

• Application Scenarios

Fraunhofer IIS is the leading independent provider of optimized MPEG Surround implementations. MPEG Surround object and source code are available for:

• PC (Win/MacOS X/Linux)
  (4 weeks after order)
• Power PC processors
  (Encoder under development, Decoder four weeks after order)
• TI C64, OMAP, DaVinci
  (Encoder under development, Decoder four weeks after order)
• TI C67
  (Encoder immediately available, Decoder four weeks after order)
• ARM
  (Encoder under development, Decoder four weeks after order)
• MIPS
  (Encoder under development, Decoder four weeks after order)
• ADI Blackfin
  (Encoder under development, Decoder four weeks after order)
• Starcore, TI C55 and Freescale Coldfire (source code only)
  (Encoder under development, Decoder four weeks after order)
• Apple iPhone® SDK

For a quick overview, the pdf file below provides a summary of our product offering:

• Availability chart audio and video products Fraunhofer IIS (PDF, 2 pages)

Patent licensing:

A patent licensing program is administered by Via Licensing Corporation. Please visit www.vialicensing.com for more information or contact info@vialicensing.com .

• Whitepaper: Experiencing Multi-channel Sound in Automobiles: Sources, Formats and Reproduction Modes (PDF)
• The recording experts praise MPEG Surround (videos)
• MPEG Surround product sheet (PDF)
• MPEG technical tutorial MPEG Surround (external page)
• MPEG Surround-A Bright New Future for Surround Sound
  Published in ARM IQ Magazine (external page)
  
  

• 04/12/2010: Fraunhofer IIS Delivers Premium One-Stop Shop for Digital Radio Systems
• 02/08/2010: Fraunhofer MPEG audio codecs and mobile surround sound available for Android
• 01/05/2009: Fraunhofer IIS brings surround music to the iPod community at CES
• 01/05/2009: Fraunhofer HE-AAC v2 and other MPEG audio codecs available for the iPhone
• 22/12/2008: Ready for DAB Surround
• 08/29/2008: ROCK ANTENNE: Weltweit erster DAB Surround Sender auf der IFA (German only)
• 10/02/2007: First Embedded Implementations of MPEG Surround Available from Fraunhofer IIS
• 02/12/2007: MPEG Surround Becomes International Standard
• 10/05/2006: MPEG Surround at Audio Engineering Society AES 121: Standardization Finalized, Software for Evaluation and Develop­ment Available
• 05/17/2006: MPEG Surround: High Quality Multi-Channel Audio Combines Highest Effi ciency and Backwards Compatibility

• DAB Surround
• DAB+
• Fraunhofer DAB/DMB ContentServer R4
• Fraunhofer DRM ContentServer
• DVB-H
• AAC-LC
• HE-AAC, HE-AAC v2

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