An Apple patent (number 7895045) for bitrate constrained variable bitrate audio encoding has appeared at the US Patent & Trademark Office. A hybrid audio encoding technique incorporates both ABR, or ...

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Netflix announced today that it's bringing "studio quality" sound to its audiences. The company is increasing its audio bitrate up to 640 kbps on devices that support 5.1 surround sound and up to 768 ...

real-time communication (RTC) apps such as WhatsApp and Messenger, has announced MLow (Meta Low Bitrate), an audio codec that aims to achieve high sound quality at low bitrates for RTC. MLow: Meta's ...

Netflix is upgrading its audio settings to provide quality as close to the original program master. The network says the changes were prompted by input from the Duffer brothers, producers of its ...

If you use YouTube to discover and listen to music, you may no longer be bogged down by the insufficient audio quality. YouTube is preparing for updated audio settings which will open up options for ...