Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IISHigh performance music distribution
MPEG AAC Low Complexity (AAC-LC) is the high performance audio codec for excellent audio quality at low bit rates. Co-invented by Fraunhofer IIS, AAC is widely used in mobile music players such as the iPod and mobile phones.
Quality |
up to statistically transparent |
Bit rates |
up to 256 kbit/s per channel |
Sampling rates |
8 to 96 kHz |
Channels |
mono, stereo, multichannel (e.g. 5.1, 7.1) |
Used in |
Apple iPod, iTunes, QuickTime, ISDB Japan, AV receivers, car radios, mobile music players, mobile phones |