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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. | 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 collects patent license fees on [[MP3]] and [[AAC]] codecs. | ||
== Fraunhofer IIS Codecs == | == Fraunhofer IIS Codecs == | ||
* 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 | ||
** 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 == | == External Links == | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraunhofer_Society Fraunhofer Society] at Wikipedia | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraunhofer_Society Fraunhofer Society] at Wikipedia | ||
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Latest revision as of 19:12, 29 November 2019
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