On Sat, Jan 5, 2013 at 9:00 PM, Stefan Schreiber <st...@mail.telepac.pt> wrote: > Dear colleagues... > > I would like to remember everybody interested or already being involved that > ITU/MPEG plan to define and issue some 3D audio standard (better: 3D audio > standard framework) during this year. The 3D audio codec is meant to be part > of the (wider) MPEG-H standard.
Will the working group be creating a preference for a royalty free format— or will is be the normal RAND terms? Excessive patent encumbrances appears to be one of the things which originally blocked the deployment of B-format— and I don't see the situation as being any different today. Getting people deploy the hardware for good surround is enough of a barrier without the added cost of per-unit pricing and the resulting incompatibilities created by a failure to converge on a single standard. I strongly encourage anyone here looking to contribute to such a standards effort to decline to participate unless some effort is made to produce a result which is royalty free. _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
