RFC 4184: RTP Payload Format for AC-3 Audio

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This document describes an RTP payload format for transporting audio data using the AC-3 audio compression standard. AC-3 is a high quality, multichannel audio coding system that is used for United States HDTV, DVD, cable television, satellite television and other media. The RTP payload format presented in this document includes support for data fragmentation. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

Document record

Document ID

RFC4184

Published

October 2005

Authors

B. Link; T. Hager; J. Flaks

Status

PROPOSED STANDARD

Stream

IETF

Area

rai

Pages

13

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• DOI: 10.17487/RFC4184

Topics

• real time transport protocol
• audio compression

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• 2005
• IETF stream
• rai area