AAC
Advanced Audio Coding
MPEG-2, MPEG-4の音声形式
ISO/IEC 13818-7 MPEG-2 AAC AAC-Main
ISO/IEC 14496-3, Subpart 4 MPEG-4 AAC
Profile
AAC-LC (Low Complexity)
AAC-MAIN (Main Profile)
LC に Backward prediction を追加
Sample-Rate Scalable (SRS)
PQF で4つのサブバンクに分割して符号化
Long Term Prediction (LTP)
MAIN + Forward prediction を追加
最大 48ch
8kHz ~ 96kHz
DCT (Discrete Cosine Transform) (MP3はMDCT?)
拡張仕様?
HC-AAC (SBS: Spectral Band Replication)
SBR (ISO/IEC 14496-3:2001
AAC-LD (Low Delay)
MPEG4-SLS (Scalable to Lossless)
MPEG4-ALS (Audio Lossless Coding)