New DolbyÆ Interactive Content Encoder Enables Dynamic Encoding Of Multichannel Audio Into Dolby Digital 5.1

New Technology Enables Low-Latency Dolby Digital Encoding For Games And Dolby Digital Streaming For Home Theatres

20-Apr-01

Dolby Laboratories announced the launch of the Dolby Interactive Content Encoder, a groundbreaking technology that dynamically encodes multichannel audio into Dolby Digital 5.1. The first technology of its kind, the Dolby Interactive Content Encoder enables low-latency Dolby Digital encoding for games, set-top boxes, and home networking systems for playback through any home theatre or speaker system equipped with Dolby Digital.""The introduction of the Dolby Interactive Content Encoder solidifies Dolby's status as the de facto standard for audio in the gaming industry, and marks the beginning of an exciting new era of fully interactive multichannel audio for games,"" said Bob Brummer, Director of Technology Strategy, Dolby Laboratories. ""The Dolby Interactive Content Encoder also provides a low-cost, high quality solution for OEMs that want to provide on-the-fly Dolby Digital encoding for home networking and media appliances.""The Dolby Interactive Content Encoder has an extremely low latency of less than 50 milliseconds and offers encoding of one to 5.1 channels of audio into Dolby Digital for interactive game play. This allows gamers to use high quality home theatres or personal surround systems for an explosive, cinematic experience.For home networking systems, the Dolby Interactive Content Encoder converts up to 5.1 channels of audio into a Dolby Digital stream, which enables streaming from one device to another over current and future bandwidth-constrained home networking systems such as wireless and digital power lines. It is ideal for home-networked devices such as media appliances and set-top boxes. The new technology allows different audio formats to be combined, encoded, and played back through the millions of home theatre and personal surround speaker systems equipped with Dolby Digital.The Xboxô video game system from Microsoft and the Nvidia Media Communications Processor (MCP) will be among the first products to feature the Dolby Interactive Content Encoder. For more information about Dolby Laboratories or Dolby technologies, visit www.dolby.com.

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