AAC Chosen For DVD-ROM Section Of DVD Audio Discs

Posted by simoniker on Monday March 22, 2004 @05:42AM from the head-spinning-around dept.

sootman writes "According to a news post at HighFidelityReview.com: 'The DVD Forum has chosen AAC for the DVD-ROM zone of DVD-Audio discs - the inclusion of a low-resolution (lossy) track suitable for solid-state and portable devices has long been championed by DVD-Audio figureheads such as Dolby's John Kellogg as a way of enhancing the value of the format to all listeners, not just those interested in its high-resolution potential. The selection of AAC came after a number of competing formats were proposed; they included MP3, ATRAC and Microsoft's WMA. Additional formats, such as [Ogg Vorbis] for example, were not put forward for consideration.'"

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where's the DVD Forum's logic??? by The+Lynxpro · 2004-03-22 06:40 · Score: 1, Flamebait

Who is greasing the palms (so to speak) of the DVD Forum?

Just short of two weeks ago, the *malakas* announce to the world that they'd selected Windows Media as the standard video compression for the HDTV DVD standard. As if it was better than Divx or QuickTime after a little more work.

Great job, DVD Forum!

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