It’s hard to believe that the first Internet radio broadcast took place just 20 years ago. Today, tens of millions of people stream Internet radio to their smartphones, tablets and other connected ...

ERLANGEN, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--With the release of the Android P beta 3 preview, Fraunhofer IIS announces a new version of the popular FDK library which has been a part of Android since 2012. The ...

ERLANGEN, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fraunhofer IIS, primary developer of the xHE-AAC audio codec, is pleased to announce the licensing of its xHE-AAC software implementations to Audible, Inc. Audible ...

Audio codecs are one of the fundamental building blocks of modern media systems. The first and still most prominent MPEG audio codec is mp3, which first appeared on the market in 1998. Since then, ...

Full-HD Voice VoIP using the AAC-ELD codec delivers CD-like quality for highly improved communication experiences. Erlangen, Germany – Nov 12, 2012 – Fraunhofer IIS, the world's renowned source for ...

Few audio standards have had the impact of MP3. But there’s more to audio codecs than just MP3. 3GPP audio standard format families, AAC and AMR, are the commercial powerhouses that are early in their ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Offering music encoding with quality beyond CDs as well as iPod compatibility, the HD-AAC codec ...

LAS VEGAS — As part of an upgrade of its media codecs, Real Networks is switching from Sony's ATRAC III to Advanced Audio Compression (AAC) in an effort to fend off what's seen as a rising tide of ...

do you know if a program like MP3Gain exists for other formats? (not just ReplayGain in the players) It was useful to fix the volume of multiple files in a non-destructive way. Btw, what are popular ...

Standard compression algorithms and proprietary post-processing code challenge DSP chipmakers to deliver more MIPS at fewer watts. There are audio codec ICs that comprise an analog-to-digital ...

When Apple sidelined the 3.5-mm jack with the launch of last year’s iPhone 7, it looked like a bold move. But despite pockets of outrage over another clear case of planned obsolescence, it was a clear ...

Apple did its part in moving the world to wireless headphones. With the removal of the headphone jack with iPhone 7, the company made it clear that the future of audio is wireless. However, the ...