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audio compression

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audio compression

Encoding digital audio data to take up less storage space and transmission bandwidth. Audio compression typically uses lossy methods, which eliminate bits that are not restored at the other end. ADPCM and MP3 are examples of audio compression methods. See audio codec and data compression.



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Already capable of playing MP3 and WMA, and with an integral FM tuner, once you download and install the firmware upgrade, the iMP-550 CD player will also be able to cope with the new audio compression format, Ogg Vorbis.
BARCELONA, Spain -- Coding Technologies, the leading provider of audio compression technology for digital broadcasting, mobile music and the Internet, today announced the availability of the brand new MPEG Surround software development kits (SDKs) for embedded platforms to bring true surround sound to the mobile phone.
Capable of recording in both MPEG-2 and MPEG-1 formats (at a highest resolution of 720 x 480 in MPEG-2), the U4W uses MPEG-I Layer 2 audio compression at a bit rate of up to 384 Kbps.
 
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