AES Budapest 2012
Workshop W10
Saturday, April 28, 09:00 — 10:00 (Room: Bartók)
W10 - Screen-less Navigation for High-Resolution Audio on Blu-ray Disc
Chair:
Stefan Bock, msm-studios GmbH - Munich, Germany
Panelists:
Jim Anderson, New York University - New York, NY, USA
Tomi Pietilä, Producer/Engineer - Tampere, Finland
Darcy Proper, Wisseloord Studios - Hilversum, The Netherlands
David Walstra, Consultant AV Entertainment Industry
Abstract:
High-resolution audio, presented as uncompressed LPCM, has been waiting for a suitable transport format for some time. The Blu-ray Disc (BD) format offers such a transport and supports the necessary linear and lossless codecs as part of its basic specification. While many BD players can be found in home theater and games environments, there are some issues that need to be addressed before they can be introduced into a hi-fi environment that does not have a screen to present visual menus for audio stream setup and track selection. This recommended method specifies a structure for authoring a BD ROM to enable playback in screen-less consumer systems, and to provide simple track selection from the remote control.
