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The '''Fraunhofer Society''' is a German research organization. The German name is ''Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft'' and is often abbreviated ''FhG''. The organization is comprised of several institutes. One in particular, Fraunhofer IIS, has had a significant role in the development of digital audio technologies.
 
The '''Fraunhofer Society''' is a German research organization. The German name is ''Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft'' and is often abbreviated ''FhG''. The organization is comprised of several institutes. One in particular, Fraunhofer IIS, has had a significant role in the development of digital audio technologies.
  
Fraunhofer collects patent license fees on MP3 and AAC codecs.
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Fraunhofer collects patent license fees on [[MP3]] and [[AAC]] codecs.
  
 
== Fraunhofer IIS Codecs ==
 
== Fraunhofer IIS Codecs ==
* FhG MP3, a licensed MP3 encoder included in Winamp
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* FhG MP3, a licensed MP3 encoder included in [[Winamp]]
 
* FhG AAC, a licensed AAC encoder included in Winamp
 
* FhG AAC, a licensed AAC encoder included in Winamp
* [[Fraunhofer FDK AAC]], included in Android, with source code available
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** Optimized for encoding music on desktop-class processors using floating-point math
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** Not open source
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* [[Fraunhofer FDK AAC]], included in Android
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** Optimized for low-delay encoding of real-time communication on embedded systems/mobile phones, using fixed-point math
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** Source code available as part of the Android Open Source Project
  
 
== External Links ==
 
== External Links ==
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraunhofer_Society Fraunhofer Society] at Wikipedia
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraunhofer_Society Fraunhofer Society] at Wikipedia
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Latest revision as of 19:12, 29 November 2019

The Fraunhofer Society is a German research organization. The German name is Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft and is often abbreviated FhG. The organization is comprised of several institutes. One in particular, Fraunhofer IIS, has had a significant role in the development of digital audio technologies.

Fraunhofer collects patent license fees on MP3 and AAC codecs.

Fraunhofer IIS Codecs

  • FhG MP3, a licensed MP3 encoder included in Winamp
  • FhG AAC, a licensed AAC encoder included in Winamp
    • Optimized for encoding music on desktop-class processors using floating-point math
    • Not open source
  • Fraunhofer FDK AAC, included in Android
    • Optimized for low-delay encoding of real-time communication on embedded systems/mobile phones, using fixed-point math
    • Source code available as part of the Android Open Source Project

External Links