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AES41-1-2012-r2022: AES standard for digital audio - Audio-embedded metadata - Part 1: General
Printing Date:
2017-12-31
Publication History:
Pub. 2000; Reaffirmed 2005; Revised 2009; Revised 2012; Reaffirmed 2017; Reaffirmed 2022
Abstract:
AES41 provides for the carriage of audio metadata by embedding it in the audio samples themselves. This tightly associates the metadata with the audio, yet makes it fragile so that changes to the audio will invalidate the metadata. Several metadata sets have been defined, covering applications such as cascaded compression (bit-rate reduction), and loudness control. This Part specifies the method by which a metadata set is embedded in the audio samples. Other parts define the content and format of the metadata sets. This standard revises AES41-2009: AES standard for digital audio - Recoding data set for audio bit-rate reduction
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