Dolby Announces Digital Plus Audio Encoding for UltraViolet File Format

By emeadows
September 14, 2012

UltraViolet may have found what it needs to set itself apart from competitors: Dolby Digital Plus audio encoding, which will be a staple feature of its Common File Format.
“A newly ready development kit lets producers feed the multichannel sound to hardware and apps that can recognize it, including Web-based avenues like Apple’s HTTP Live Streaming, Microsoft’s Smooth Streaming and MPEG’s DASH,” explains Engadget.
Dolby is taking care to ensure that the “audio codec’s implementation truly spans platforms,” notes the post.
“A new era in entertainment has begun with UltraViolet, and Dolby is working closely with the content community to ensure that consumers of UltraViolet content can enjoy optimized sound no matter what content, service, or device they choose,” said Ron Geller, vice president of worldwide content relations at Dolby.
“We don’t know how soon movies will take advantage of the upgrade, but the Dolby addition lends weight to a fledgling format that might have as fierce a battle in home theaters as it does on PCs and tablets,” concludes Engadget.

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