Advanced Audio Coding
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- FourCC: AAC AACP MP4A mp4a VLB
- Company: ISO
- Samples: http://samples.mplayerhq.hu/A-codecs/AAC/
- Samples: sample repo at standards.iso.org
- Sample Docs: sample docs
Specification and reference source links.
- http://www.3gpp.org/ftp/specs/html-info/26-series.htm
- ftp://ftp.tnt.uni-hannover.de/pub/MPEG/audio/mpeg4/
- AAC Reference Software
Implementations with source code:
- Google has opensourced Android, which includes an Apache 2.0 licensed aac decoder:
- Intel has source for its IPP based AAC decoder:
- Real Networks has source for its Helix AAC fixedpoint decoder here:
- FAAC/FAAD (LGPL encoder/GPL decoder)
Other Notable Implementations:
- Nero has a well regarded freeware AAC encoder and decoder
- Coding Technologies the inventor of SBR has a shareware encoder available in Winamp
- Apple who popularized the format in its iTunes software has an encoders and decoders available in iTunes and QuickTime
Usually stored in an MP4 container.
See also Understanding AAC.
Extensions
HE-AAC
HE-AAC (also known as by the Dolby trade name aacPlus) is AAC-LC + SBR (Spectral Band Replication) and HE-AAC v2 (aacPlus v2) is LC-AAC + SBR + PS (Parametric Stereo). Standard AAC-LC decoders can decode HE-AAC encoded files/streams but without SBR and PS you do not get the full quality.
- See also
- MP3PRO that also uses SBR.
- MPEG Surround that can used for all audio but especially MP3/mp3PRO and AAC/aacPlus. MPEG Surround technology share similar characteristics with SBR (Spectral Band Replication) and PS (Parametric Stereo), which MP3PRO and AAC+ decoders also use. DivX Inc. is one company that uses MPEG Surround technology to achieve 5.1 channel surround sound in smaller files.