Difference between revisions of "Fraunhofer Society"
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* FhG MP3, a licensed MP3 encoder included in [[Winamp]] | * 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, | + | ** Optimized for encoding music on desktop-class processors using floating-point math |
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+ | * [[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 == | == External Links == | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraunhofer_Society Fraunhofer Society] at Wikipedia | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraunhofer_Society Fraunhofer Society] at Wikipedia |
Revision as of 19:03, 27 September 2014
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
- Fraunhofer Society at Wikipedia