When Apple sidelined the 3.5-mm jack with the launch of last year’s iPhone 7, it looked like a bold move. But despite pockets of outrage over another clear case of planned obsolescence, it was a clear ...

The use of audio-over-internet protocol codecs for STL applications is becoming more and more commonplace. This is especially important now because the large telcos are much more interested in ...

TL;DR: Encodec is a next-generation audio codec based on a complex neural network design, a system that can squeeze a lot of audio juice into minimal storage space. The codec would work for Metaverse ...

Few audio standards have had the impact of MP3. But there’s more to audio codecs than just MP3. 3GPP audio standard format families, AAC and AMR, are the commercial powerhouses that are early in their ...

The author is APT product manager for WorldCast Systems. A paradigm shift has been taking place for several years, as we move gradually toward fully networked IP broadcasting facilities in which there ...

The IETF has standardized the Opus lossy audio codec as RFC 6716. While most audio codecs aim to solve specific problems—relatively high bit-rate music reproduction such as AAC and MP3, low latency ...

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Have you ever overheard someone casually talking about their preferred audio codecs, or perhaps questioning the value of one model of wireless earbuds versus another because of the audio codecs they ...

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