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Convention Paper

Two-Pass Encoding Of Audio Material Using MP3 Compression

Authors: Weishart, Martin; Herre, Rirgen; Goebel, Ralph

AES Convention 113 · Paper 5687 · October 2002

Abstract

Perceptual audio coding has become a widely-used technique for economic transmission and storage of high-quality audio signals. Audio compression schemes, as known from MPEG-1, 2 and 4 allow encoding with either a constant or a variable bitrate over time. While many applications demand a constant bitrate due to channel characteristics, the use of variable bitrate encoding becomes increasingly attractive e.g.~for Internet Audio and portable audio players. Using such an approach can lead to significant improvements in audio quality compared to traditional constant bitrate encoding, but the consumed average bitrate will generally depend on the compressed audio material. This paper presents investigations into "two-pass encoding" which combines the flexibility of variable bitrate encoding and a predictable target bit consumption.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 113
AES Convention
113
Paper number
5687
Publication date
October 6, 2002
Session subject
Low Bit-Rate Coding
Affiliation
Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits, Erlangen, Germany ; Fachhochschule Koblenz, Koblenz, Germany (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper