[rfc-dist] RFC 4598 on Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP) Payload Format for Enhanced AC-3 (E-AC-3) Audio

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        RFC 4598

        Title:      Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP) Payload 
                    Format for Enhanced AC-3 (E-AC-3) Audio 
        Author:     B. Link
        Status:     Standards Track
        Date:       July 2006
        Mailbox:    bdl at dolby.com
        Pages:      17
        Characters: 39811
        Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso:   None

        I-D Tag:    draft-ietf-avt-rtp-eac3-01.txt

        URL:        http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc4598.txt

This document describes a Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP) payload
format for transporting Enhanced AC-3 (E-AC-3) encoded audio data.
E-AC-3 is a high-quality, multichannel audio coding format and is an
extension of the AC-3 audio coding format, which is used in US
High-Definition Television (HDTV), DVD, cable and satellite
television, and other media.  E-AC-3 is an optional audio format in US
and world wide digital television and high-definition DVD formats.
The RTP payload format as presented in this document includes support
for data fragmentation.  [STANDARDS TRACK]

This document is a product of the Audio/Video Transport
Working Group of the IETF.

This is now a Proposed Standard Protocol.

STANDARDS TRACK: This document specifies an Internet standards track
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Joyce K. Reynolds and Sandy Ginoza
USC/Information Sciences Institute

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