AC-4 – The Next Generation Audio Codec

Kjörling K, Rödén J, Wolters M, Riedmiller J, Biswas A, Ekstrand P, Gröschel A, Hedelin P, Hirvonen T, Hörich H, et al. AC-4 – The Next Generation Audio Codec. In: AES Convention 140. Audio Engineering Society; 2016. Paper 9491. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=18190

@inproceedings{Kjorling2016_18190,
  author = {Kjörling, Kristofer and Rödén, Jonas and Wolters, Martin and Riedmiller, Jeff and Biswas, Arijit and Ekstrand, Per and Gröschel, Alexander and Hedelin, Per and Hirvonen, Toni and Hörich, Holger and Klejsa, Janusz and Koppens, Jeroen and Krauss, K. and Lehtonen, Heidi-Maria and Linzmeier, Karsten and Muesch, Hannes and Mundt, Harald and Norcross, Scott and Popp, J. and Purnhagen, Heiko and Samuelsson, Jonas and Schug, Michael and Sehlström, L. and Thesing, R. and Villemoes, Lars and Vinton, Mark},
  title = {{AC-4 – The Next Generation Audio Codec}},
  booktitle = {AES Convention 140},
  note = {Paper 9491},
  year = {2016},
  month = may,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=18190}
}

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AU  - Kjörling, Kristofer
AU  - Rödén, Jonas
AU  - Wolters, Martin
AU  - Riedmiller, Jeff
AU  - Biswas, Arijit
AU  - Ekstrand, Per
AU  - Gröschel, Alexander
AU  - Hedelin, Per
AU  - Hirvonen, Toni
AU  - Hörich, Holger
AU  - Klejsa, Janusz
AU  - Koppens, Jeroen
AU  - Krauss, K.
AU  - Lehtonen, Heidi-Maria
AU  - Linzmeier, Karsten
AU  - Muesch, Hannes
AU  - Mundt, Harald
AU  - Norcross, Scott
AU  - Popp, J.
AU  - Purnhagen, Heiko
AU  - Samuelsson, Jonas
AU  - Schug, Michael
AU  - Sehlström, L.
AU  - Thesing, R.
AU  - Villemoes, Lars
AU  - Vinton, Mark
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AB  - AC-4 is a state of the art audio codec standardized in ETSI (TS103 190 and TS103 190-2) and the TS103 190 is part of the DVB toolbox (TS101 154). AC-4 is an audio codec designed to address the current and future needs of video and audio entertainment services including broadcast and Internet streaming. As such, it incorporates a number of features beyond the traditional audio coding algorithms, such as capabilities to support immersive and personalized audio, support for advanced loudness management, video-frame synchronous coding, dialogue enhancement, etc. This paper will outline the thinking behind the design of the AC-4 codec, explain the different coding tools used, the systemic features included, and give an overview of performance and applications.
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