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Dolby® Digital Compatible Output Consumer Encoder

The Dolby® Digital Compatible Output Consumer Encoder is a low cost version of a professional encoder capable of encoding 1 to 5.1 channel audio.

The ESPICO implementations are based on the Dolby reference model with proprietary optimisations to reduce memory and MHz requirements. Contact ESPICO for specific resource requirements.

Features

• Fully tested and qualified by Dolby
• Implements the Dolby Digital Consumer Encoder for reduced complexity
• Bitstream is fully compatible with ATSC Standard A/52A: Digital Audio Compression (AC-3) Standard, Rev. A

Availability

ESPICO’s optimised solution can be ported to any platform. Platforms supported include:

• ZSP Cores including ZSP400, ZSP500, ZSP800 families
• ARM including Cortex and NeonTM
• MIPS32 74KTM
• Ceva DSP Cores

Applications

• Blu-ray DiscTM
• Set-top boxes
• IPTV