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Contents.History The main basis of the Dolby AC-3 multi-channel is the (MDCT), a algorithm. It is a modification of the (DCT) algorithm, which was first proposed by in 1972 and was originally intended for. The DCT was adapted into the modified discrete cosine transform (MDCT) by J.P. Princen, A.W. Johnson and Alan B.
Bradley at the in 1987.adapted the MDCT algorithm along with principles to develop the AC-3 audio format for needs. The AC-3 format was released as the Dolby Digital standard in 1991. Dolby Digital was the earliest MDCT-based audio compression standard to be released, and was followed by other MDCT-based audio compression standards for home and portable usage, such as 's (1992), the standard (1993) and (1997). This section does not any.
Unsourced material may be challenged and.Find sources: – ( September 2011) was the first film to use Dolby Digital technology when it premiered in theaters in the summer of 1992. Dolby Digital cinema soundtracks are optically recorded on a using sequential data blocks placed between every perforation hole on the sound track side of the film.
A constant bit rate of 320 kbit/s is used. A (CCD) scanner in the picks up a scanned video image of this area, and a processor correlates the image area and extracts the digital data as an AC-3. The data is then decoded into a 5.1 channel audio source.
All film prints with Dolby Digital data also have analogue soundtracks using Dolby SR noise reduction and such prints are known as Dolby SR-D prints. The analogue soundtrack provides a fall-back option in case of damage to the data area or failure of the digital decoding; it also provides compatibility with projectors not equipped with digital soundheads.
Almost all current release cinema prints are of this type and may also include data and a timecode track to synchronize CD-ROMs carrying soundtracks. A photo of a 35 mm film print featuring all four audio formats (or quad track)- from left to right: (SDDS) (blue area to the left of the sprocket holes), Dolby Digital (grey area between the sprocket holes labelled with the Dolby Double-D logo in the middle), analog optical sound (the two white lines to the right of the sprocket holes), and the (the dashed line to the far right.)The simplest way of converting existing projectors is to add a so-called penthouse digital soundhead above the projector head. However, for new projectors it made sense to use dual analogue/digital soundheads in the normal optical soundhead position under the projector head. To allow for the dual-soundhead arrangement the data is recorded 26 frames ahead of the picture. If a penthouse soundhead is used, the data must be delayed in the processor for the required amount of time, around 2 seconds.
This delay can be adjusted in steps of the time between perforations, (approximately 10.4 ms).As of 2015, Dolby Digital in film sound mixing is being gradually replaced with, with the more advanced technology also gaining in popularity. While majority of movie theaters currently utilize Dolby Digital, virtually all films released today are mixed in Dolby Surround 7.1 and Dolby Atmos.Versions Dolby Digital has similar technologies, included in Dolby Digital EX, Dolby Digital Live, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby Digital Surround EX, Dolby Digital Recording, Dolby Digital Cinema, Dolby Digital Stereo Creator and Dolby Digital 5.1 Creator. Dolby Digital. The former Dolby Digital logo.Dolby Digital is the common version containing up to six discrete channels of sound. The most elaborate mode in common use involves five channels for normal-range speakers ( 20 Hz – 20,000 Hz) (right, center, left, right surround, left surround) and one channel ( 20 Hz – 120 Hz allotted audio) for the driven. And modes are also supported.
AC-3 supports audio sample-rates up to 48 kHz.This format has different names:. Dolby Digital. DD (an abbreviation for Dolby Digital, often combined with channel count; for instance, DD 2.0, DD 5.1).
AC-3 (Audio Codec 3, Advanced Codec 3, Acoustic Coder 3. Is a separate format developed by.).
A/52 (name of the standard). Before 1996, was marketed as Dolby Surround AC-3, Dolby Stereo Digital, and Dolby SRD.In 1991, a limited experimental release of in Dolby Digital played in 3 US theatres. In 1992, is the first movie to be released in Dolby Digital. In 1995, the version of featured the first Dolby Digital mix, quickly followed by, and among others. Dolby Digital EX Dolby Digital EX is similar in practice to Dolby's earlier format, which utilized technology to add a and single rear surround channel to stereo soundtracks.
EX adds an extension to the standard channel Dolby Digital codec in the form of matrixed rear channels, creating or 7.1 channel output.Dolby Digital Surround EX It provides an economical and backwards-compatible means for 5.1 soundtracks to carry a sixth, center back surround channel for improved localization of effects. The is matrix encoded onto the discrete left surround and right surround channels of the 5.1 mix, much like the front on Dolby Pro Logic encoded stereo soundtracks. The result can be played without loss of information on standard 5.1 systems, or played in 6.1 or 7.1 on systems with Surround EX decoding and added speakers.Dolby Digital Surround EX has since been used for the prequels on the DVD versions and also the remastered original Star Wars trilogy. A number of DVDs have a Dolby Digital Surround EX audio option.The cinema version of Dolby Digital EX was introduced in 1999, when Dolby and, a division of, codeveloped Dolby Digital Surround EX™ for the release of. Dolby Digital Surround EX has since been used for the Star Wars prequels on the DVD versions and also the remastered original Star Wars trilogy. A Dolby home theater badge on a laptop Dolby Digital Live Dolby Digital Live (DDL) is a real-time encoding technology for interactive media such as video games. It converts any audio signals on a PC or game console into a 5.1-channel 16-bit/48 kHz Dolby Digital format at 640 kbit/s and transports it via a single cable.
A similar technology known as is available from competitor. An important benefit of this technology is that it enables the use of digital multichannel sound with consumer sound cards, which are otherwise limited to digital stereo or analog multichannel sound because S/PDIF over RCA, BNC, and TOSLINK can only support two-channel PCM, Dolby Digital multichannel audio, and DTS multichannel audio. Was later introduced, and it can carry uncompressed multichannel PCM, lossless compressed multichannel audio, and lossy compressed digital audio. However, Dolby Digital Live is still useful with HDMI to allow transport of multichannel audio over HDMI to devices that are unable to handle uncompressed multichannel PCM.Dolby Digital Live is available in sound cards using various manufacturers' audio chipsets.
The, used for the game console and certain motherboards, used an early form of this technology. DDL is available on motherboards with codecs such as 's ALC882D, ALC888DD and ALC888H. Main article:E-AC-3 (Dolby Digital Plus) is an enhanced coding system based on the AC-3. It offers increased (up to 6.144 Mbit/s), support for even more (up to 15.1 discrete channels in the future), and improved coding techniques (only at low data rates) to reduce, enabling lower data rates than those supported by AC-3 (e.g. 5.1-channel audio at 256 kbit/s).
It is not backward compatible with existing AC-3 hardware, though E-AC-3 generally are capable of to AC-3 for equipment connected via. E-AC-3 decoders can also decode AC-3 bitstreams. The fourth generation Apple TV supports E-AC-3. The discontinued system directly supported E-AC-3. Offers E-AC-3 as an option to added channels onto an otherwise AC-3 stream, as well as for delivery of secondary audio content (e.g.
Director's commentary) that is intended to be mixed with the primary audio soundtrack in the Blu-ray Disc player.Dolby AC-4. Main article:Dolby TrueHD, developed by Dolby Laboratories, is an advanced lossless audio codec based on.
Support for the codec was mandatory for HD DVD and is optional for hardware. Dolby TrueHD supports 24-bit bit depths and sample rates up to 192 kHz.
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