MPEG-H Audio - The New Standard for Universal Spatial/3D Audio Coding
Herre J, Hilpert J, Kuntz A, Plogsties J (2014)
Publication Language: English
Publication Type: Journal article, Original article
Publication year: 2014
Journal
Book Volume: 62
Pages Range: 821-830
Journal Issue: 12
URI: https://aes2.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=17556
Abstract
Recently, a new generation of spatial audio formats were introduced that include elevated loudspeakers and surpass traditional surround sound formats, such as 5.1, in terms of spatial realism. To facilitate high-quality bit-rate-efficient distribution and flexible reproduction of 3D sound, the MPEG standardization group recently started the MPEG-H Audio Coding development for the universal carriage of encoded 3D sound from channel-based, objectbased, and HOA-based input. High quality reproduction is supported for many output formats from 22.2 and beyond down to 5.1, stereo, and binaural reproduction-independently of the original encoding format-thus overcoming incompatibility between various 3D formats. The paper describes the current status of the standardization project and provides an overview of the system architecture, its capabilities, and performance.
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APA:
Herre, J., Hilpert, J., Kuntz, A., & Plogsties, J. (2014). MPEG-H Audio - The New Standard for Universal Spatial/3D Audio Coding. Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, 62(12), 821-830. https://doi.org/10.17743/jaes.2014.0049
MLA:
Herre, Jürgen, et al. "MPEG-H Audio - The New Standard for Universal Spatial/3D Audio Coding." Journal of the Audio Engineering Society 62.12 (2014): 821-830.
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