Makuhari Messe / Hall 1. Booth No. 1612
Visit us at the InterBEE, Japan's largest comprehensive media and entertainment event, from Nov. 15-17, 2023 to learn more about MPEG-H Audio, VVC Video, xHE-AAC, LC3/LC3plus, and JPEG XS.
Discover several recent advancements in the MPEG-H Audio ecosystem. They span from developments in the broadcast and streaming area to advanced accessibility options and all the way to Next Generation Audio production with Pro Tools.
MPEG-H Audio is included in the ATSC, DVB, TTA (Korean) and SBTVD (Brazilian) TV standards and the sole audio system in the world’s first terrestrial UHD TV service in South Korea. In Brazil, it enhances terrestrial HD TV services with personalized and immersive sound and has been selected as the sole mandatory audio system for Brazil’s next-generation TV 3.0 broadcast service.
xHE-AAC is the latest generation of the renowned AAC codec family and now part of the Sonnox Fraunhofer Pro-Codec. Users of Sonnox can now audition and encode their creation in xHE-AAC in real time, giving audio professionals the option to pre-monitor the effects of codecs on their signals. XHE-AAC is already used by major streaming services such as Netflix and is natively supported in iOS, Android, Fire OS, and Windows. It provides DASH/HLS streaming at 12-500 kbit/s, mandatory loudness and dynamic range control, and improved speech quality as well as stereo imaging.
The new LC3/LC3plus audio codec was jointly developed by Ericsson and Fraunhofer IIS to address the drawbacks of today's wireless communication platforms. The low complexity of the codec meets the requirements of wireless communication platforms such as Bluetooth, DECT, and VoIP terminals. By reducing the required bit rate by about 50 percent compared to older codecs, LC3 and LC3plus enable energy-saving services that make a longer battery life or the development of smaller products possible. Thanks to the flexible codec design, applications are not limited to voice services, but can also be extended to high-quality music streaming. At the same time, the codec operates with low coding delay, low computational complexity, and small memory requirements.
JPEG XS is the new ISO/IEC codec for all IP workflows in studio environments, for local video networks and VR/AR applications. JPEG XS allows transferring high-resolution video data over standard Ethernet or other wired connections. The codec is designed to work with limited computing resources. We provide an SDK to easily integrate the functionalities of JPEG XS like ultra low latency and high quality for CPU, GPU or FPGA-based applications.
Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS