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3 unusual facts about aac


Lafesta

Lafesta was the first station that adopted the AACV2+ codec, that produce high fidelity, while still minimizing bandwidth consumption.

Mp3TrueEdit

mp3TrueEdit is a software application for Mac OS X and Windows that allows users to edit 'lossy' compressed MP3 and AAC audio files without decompressing and re-compressing the audio information and hence maintains the original sound quality.

Sound quality

If additional compression is required, lossy audio compression such as MP3, Ogg Vorbis or AAC can be used.


ADIF

Audio Data Interchange Format, a file format to exchange Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) data

Advanced Audio Coding

AAC supports inclusion of 48 full-bandwidth (up to 96 kHz) audio channels in one stream plus 16 low frequency effects (LFE, limited to 120 Hz) channels, up to 16 "coupling" or dialog channels, and up to 16 data streams.

AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts

In addition to grants from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and other entities, AAC diversifies its funding through fundraising events including the annual AIDS Walk, Boston's second largest walk, and ARTcetera, a biennial art auction that features art from acclaimed artists such as Mr. Brainwash, Ryan McGinley, Mitch Weiss, Harold Eugene Edgerton.

All That I Need Is to Be Loved

The U.S. vinyl was re-released in 2006 in digital form on Amazon.com (MP3) and iTunes (AAC).

Apple Intermediate Codec

AVCHD uses h.264 for video compression and AAC for audio.

Auto Avio Costruzioni 815

In December 1939, AAC was commissioned by Lotario, Marquis di Modena, to build and prepare two racing cars for him and Alberto Ascari to drive in the 1940 Brescia Grand Prix.

Bandwidth extension

Spectral band replication (SBR) is a new technique that has gained popularity as an “add-on” to popular perceptual audio codecs such as MP-3 and the Advanced Audio Coding (AAC).

Bangor Air National Guard Base

Godfrey AAF prepared and maintained the Lend-Lease aircraft that would be flown by AAC Ferrying Command to RCAF Stations in Newfoundland for eventual transport to Britain.

BBC Kids

The channel primarily aired programs from the UK, from which the vast majority were sourced from the BBC and its affiliated channels; however, throughout its history under the ownership of AAC and its subsequent incarnations under Canwest and Shaw, select programs were sourced from other countries and other British broadcasters such as Tots TV, Mr Bean: The Animated Series, and The Sleepover Club.

Doctor Who: Podshock

Since September 2005 the show has been produced in two audio formats: an enhanced version, encoded in AAC, and an MP3 version.

FAAD

Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder, an AAC audio decoder, superseded by new version: FAAD2

Gold Is the Metal with the Broadest Shoulders

In 2006, the 1996 version of the album was made available for download at Coil's official site, thresholdhouse.com, in aac, mp3, and lossless flac formats.

HTML5 video

The release concerns only H.264 video and not AAC audio formats, since "the standards bodies have aligned on Opus and G.711 as the common audio codecs for WebRTC".

Koh Boon Hwee

He serves on the boards of several private companies, including Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited as a Director; AAC Acoustic Technologies Holdings Ltd and Infiniti Solutions Private Limited.

Marina Bosi

She became Dolby's representative to the MPEG audio standards committee and served as the Editor of the committee that developed the "Advanced Audio Coding" (AAC) standard that was later brought to mainstream attention by its use in the Apple iPod.

Miracast

Miracast allows a portable device or computer to send, securely, up to 1080p HD video and 5.1 surround sound (AAC and AC3 are optional codecs, mandated codec is linear pulse-code modulation — 16 bits 48 kHz 2 channels).

MPEG-1

Decoding MP2 audio is computationally simple, relative to MP3, AAC, etc.

MPEG-4 SLS

MPEG-4 SLS allows for having both a lossy layer and a lossless correction layer similar to Wavpack Hybrid, OptimFROG DualStream and DTS-HD Master Audio, allowing for backwards compatibility to MPEG AAC-compliant bitstreams.

Odyssey Through O2

However this issue is minor because anyone today can play their CD audio music elsewhere as some digital copies (MP3, AAC etc..) or other recordings on an other place.

Royal Marines Base Chivenor

The Sea King from 22 squadron A-Flight at Chivenor took a starring role in the National Geographic Channel documentary television series Sea Patrol UK, with B-Flight of 22 Squadron at AAC Wattisham alongside Royal Navy and Coastguard units.

Sansa Fuze+

The Fuze+ supports playback of common audio file formats, including MP3, WMA, Secure WMA, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, and AAC, as well as Audible, and Podcast formats.

Sony Ericsson K750

There is one side key on the left of the phone; when pressed in standby mode, it opens either the RDS FM radio or the Media Player as selected by the user, allowing playback of WAV/MP3/AAC audio files, and 3GP/MPEG-4 video files.

Top 40

By the late 1980s and the early 1990s, the 45 rpm record would decrease in popularity and other means would be used to evaluate the popularity of new songs, such as cassette-single, CD single, and digital MP3/AAC sales (plus radio airplay).

United Kingdom military aircraft serials

A unified serial number system, maintained by the Air Ministry (AM), and its successor the Ministry of Defence (MoD), is used for aircraft operated by the Royal Air Force (RAF), Fleet Air Arm (FAA) and Army Air Corps (AAC).


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