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codec

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A device or program capable of performing transformations on a data stream or signal.

  • Audio and video codecs are important in making multimedia files small enough to distribute and simple to play back.

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A future generation trained to hear a recording's subtleties burned by a lossless codec onto an audio Blu-ray Disc will be puzzled by their parents' preoccupation with sizzling songs rather than an authentic replica of the music the performer actually created.

But the boost that made it the codec of choice was the release in 1997 of Winamp, a free software program for playing audio files.

As a result, people who buy a new computer or mobile device may have to install a different browser, media player or codec just to carry on enjoying their favourite websites.

As efficient as the HEVC codec is, it still needs a broadband connection capable of delivering at least 15 megabits per second.

The MP3 codec was the work of the Moving Picture Experts Group, an international organisation that sets standards for audio and video compression and transmission.

Another is the Ogg Vorbis codec, an open-source project supported by the Xiph.Org Foundation.

A religious war has broken out between the two camps over which codec to standardise on.The good news is that a solution may yet be in sight.

So, why bother compressing music files with a lossy codec like MP3?

Clearly, the iPod generation is becoming attuned to the "sizzle" caused by a muffled base and clipped high notes that MP3's lossy codec imparts.

One such codec is the AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) algorithm used by Apple's iTunes and others.

Also, by using a more efficient form of compression (in place of DAB's older MP2 codec) to scrunch the digital signals, iBiquity was able to cram all sorts of additional information into the side-bands along with the digital programming.

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