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 ...

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 ...

I was searching around for a good audio codec, I don't know if LAME is still any good. I came across some more cd's and I wanted to rip them at better quality.<BR><BR>Go AAC (or name another lossless ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Netflix Android app includes a new audio codec called xHE-AAC. You won’t have to adjust your phone’s volume as frequently when watching shows and movies. You’ll need a phone with Android 9 Pie and ...

ERLANGEN, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fraunhofer IIS, an institute of Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft in Germany, has announced a new web-based test service that developers and manufacturers can use to validate ...

RENNES, France -- Aug. 31, 2012 -- Through its ongoing partnership with the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits, Thomson Video Networks has embedded Fraunhofer's HE-AAC multi-channel audio ...

Netflix has employed the xHE-AAC audio codec for content streamed on its Android app. The streamer has licensed the high-quality audio software from Fraunhofer IIS. One of the key features of xHE-AAC ...

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 ...

Windows 10’s next major update won’t include just one long overdue tweak. As reported by The Verge, Microsoft is also working on finally adding support for the AAC Bluetooth audio codec. That's great ...

Fraunhofer IIS, inventor of the ubiquitous MP3 music format, on Monday made a pitch to audio and computer makers to use its HD-AAC format. HD-AAC is a new digital music encoding format that Fraunhofer ...