The AAC-LC audio codec is best known for being the codec of choice of the Apple iPod. The codec is ideal for fast music or movie ripping on portable media players or media servers. Also, television broadcast content can be transcoded to AAC-LC to save hard disk space.
Features
Codecs are Fully Compliant: Bit exact thorough testing against standard and test vectors
Thoroughly verified against reference test-vectors
Robust to System memory latency
AAC-LC Encoder
Low processor load
Codecs developed in-house: Issues that may arise are quickly handled by Synopsys'? in-house DSP experts
Compliant with ARC Audio API
Market Category
Automotive, Communications, Consumer Electronics, Data Processing, Industrial and Medical, Military/Civil Aerospace
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