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Convention Paper

An Enhanced Encoder for the MPEG-4 ALS Lossless Coding Standard

Authors: Harada, Noboru; Kamamoto, Yutaka; Moriya, Takehiro

AES Convention 121 · Paper 6869 · October 2006

Abstract

MPEG-4 ALS is a lossless coding standard for audio signals based on time-domain prediction, and it was officially published in March 2006. Enhanced encoder algorithms and implementation examples of the MPEG-4 ALS are shown in this paper. To reduce the computational complexity of the encoder, new algorithms have been developed for the multi-channel prediction coding (MCC) tool, the long-term prediction (LTP) tool, and the hierarchical block switching (BS) tool. In addition, processing speed has been enhanced by means of software optimization, including assembler codes. As a result of these improvements, the software provides maximally 10 times faster encoding speed than that of the MPEG reference software and becomes more useful for various practical applications.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 121
AES Convention
121
Paper number
6869
Publication date
October 6, 2006
Session subject
Audio Coding
Affiliation
NTT (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper