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Lossless Compression for Audio Data in the IEEE Floating-Point Format

Authors: Yang, Dai; Moriya, Takehiro

AES Convention 115 · Paper 5987 · October 2003

Abstract

Most lossless audio-coding algorithms are designed for PCM input sound formats. Little work has been done on the lossless compression of IEEE floating-point audio files. An efficient lossless-coding algorithm that handles IEEE floating-point format data as well as PCM format data is described in this paper. In the worst-case scenario, where the algorithm was applied to artificially generated 48-kHz sampling frequency and 32-bit floating-point sound files, an average compression ratio of 65% was still achieved for sound files with 48kHz sampling frequency. Moreover, the proposed algorithm is easily extensible to lossless/variable-lossy operation, which will provide scalability to accommodate the requirements of a wider range of applications and platforms.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 115
AES Convention
115
Paper number
5987
Publication date
October 6, 2003
Session subject
Psychoacoustics; Audio Coding
Affiliation
TT Cyber Space Laboratory, Musashio-Shi, Tokyo, Japan (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper