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QDesign MPEG ACM

For audio professionals and broadcasters who need to get fidelity audio from studio to studio. MPEG-2 Audio by QDesign - With MPEG audio, you can produce audio at a file size small enough to email to your colleagues or clients without having to sacrifice quality, without having to send a physical tape, and without having to wait for a courier to deliver it.

The QDesign MPEG-2 stereo compression technology is based on an advanced implementation of the MPEG-2 Layer II standard for audio bitrate reduction. Using proprietary techniques in perceptual audio coding, the QDesign MPEG software optimizes the quality and performance of the standard to enable users to encode broadcast-quality sound without the need for compression hardware.

MPEG-2 Audio - The POWER of MPEG AUDIO



1.Archive CD-quality audio at less than 20 percent of the original size
Store on a CD, Zip(TM) Disk, or Hard Disk

2.Cross platform compatibility between Mac and Windows
MPEG-2 Layer II compliant files are supported by Apple Quicktime 3 and Microsoft DirectShow for ubiquitous audio playback. MPEG is the standard audio format for new media.

3.Send CD-quality audio over the Internet from studio to studio
No more dubs! Create an MPEG file for email, FTP, or upload to a Web site for distribution. Enable Remote Voice-Overs, Studio Mixes, Auditioning and Distribution.

4.International standard for DAB and DVD
MPEG is the international standard for digital audio broadcast (DAB) and digital video disk (DVD), the premier consumer media format.

5.Broadcast-quality audio streaming over the Internet
Stream MPEG audio "live" or deliver "on-demand" using Microsoft DirectShow or Netscape Media Server.

QDesign MPEG-2 Features

Encode

Encodes audio in real-time directly out of any Windows Application supporting the Microsoft ACM architecture.

Decode

Decodes audio in real time directly into any Windows Application supporting the Microsoft ACM architecture.

Playback

Allows Windows 9x/NT to natively playback MPEG-1,2 Layer I, II files.

File Formats

.WAV MPEG (RIFF).

Standards

Full compliance with ISO/IEC 11172-3 ("MPEG-1") Layers 1 and 2 and Low Sampling Frequency Extensions in ISO/IEC 13818-3 ("MPEG-2")

Modes

Single Channel, Stereo, Joint Stereo

Sample Rates

48, 44.1, 32, 24, 22.05, 16kHz

Bitrates

MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 standard bitrates: 8 to 448 kbps.

CRC Error Detection

Compliant with ISO/IEC 11172-3

CD-DA, AudioGrabber, Sound Forge, CuBase VST, Cakewalk, Cool Edit, Media Player, Sound Recorder, etc.

Encode - Stereo, 48 kHz

Pentium 100 MHz

Decode - Stereo, 48 kHz

Pentium 75 MHz

Decode - Stereo, 32 kHz

486 - 100 MHz

Off-line MPEG and Linear Transcode

486 - 33 MHz

QDesign MPEG ACM Minimum Recommended System Windows 9x/NT Operating System Pentium 100 MHz, 8 MB RAM 540 MB Hard Disk