Mediaproxy is awarded approval for Dolby Digital Plus and Dolby AC-4 decoders, adding support for all Dolby codecs and Atmos immersive audio format to Mediaproxy’s LogServer.
Mediaproxy, developer of software-based IP compliance tools, has been awarded formal approval by Dolby for the Dolby Digital Plus and Dolby AC-4 decoders. This approval proccess adds support for all of Dolby's distribution codecs and the Dolby Atmos immersive audio format to Mediaproxy’s LogServer compliance monitoring platform and Monwall multiviewer.
Dolby develops Next Generation Audio (NGA) systems for cinema, broadcast, streaming, music and gaming. Its Dolby Atmos immersive system is in use on major feature films and is also a key element in many movies and drama series streamed on Netflix, Amazon Prime and Disney+. Dolby Atmos is an object-based audio (OBA) format that is also a feature of Dolby AC-4, which brings critical functionality including dialogue intelligibility, audio description and alternative languages and commentaries, with a high degree of personalisation.
The Dolby AC-4 codec is part of the approval Mediaproxy has received from Dolby, along with its other key compression formats. These include AC-3, also known as Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound, and E-AC3, branded as Dolby Digital Plus, which supports up to 15.1 audio channels. The LogServer suite of software, including its Monwall multiviewer, now carries out full monitoring and analysis of all these formats and the multiple channels and audio objects that comprise them.
Mediaproxy's chief executive Erik Otto said, "Dolby is not only a highly respected brand in the professional broadcasting and audio worlds, but also a name that consumers recognise as a guarantee of high quality and exciting sound. We are extremely proud to have received approval. Within our section of professional broadcast engineering, customers expect us to maintain the highest possible standard in our product. Having attained Dolby approval underlines our on-going commitment to engineering excellence." www.mediaproxy.com
