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Convention Paper

Efficient Bit Distribution Strategy for Stereophonic Audio Coders

Authors: Prakash, Vinod; Vadapalli, Sarat Chandra

AES Convention 116 · Paper 6075 · May 2004

Abstract

Maintenance of audio quality under the resource constraints on embedded platforms is very crucial. One of the major factors affecting the quality of Stereophonic Audio Coders is the method of distribution of bits across channels of a stereo pair. Conventional approaches use Perceptual Entropy, a computationally intensive metric, to distribute bits across channels. Improper computation or absence of this metric can severely degrade the audio quality. This paper presents an efficient and robust scheme to distribute the bits across channels, without using Perceptual Entropy, while still maintaining the audio quality. In the proposed scheme the bit allocation for both channels is performed simultaneously by allocating bits from a common bit pool. A detailed example illustrating this scheme is presented.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 116
AES Convention
116
Paper number
6075
Publication date
May 6, 2004
Session subject
Spatial Audio Coding
Affiliation
Ittiam Systems Pvt. Ltd, Bangalore, Karnataka, India (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper