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Fraunhofer MPEG-H and SWR live proof of concept
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SWR/ARD Successfully Tests Next Generation Audio with MPEG-H

Integrating immersive and personalized audio into live broadcast workflows at scale: At the SWR3 ESC Party, German public broadcaster Südwestrundfunk (SWR) conducted a real-world proof of concept to evaluate MPEG-H Audio in a live production environment.

September 4, 2026
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NAB 2019: Fraunhofer’s xHE-AAC in the limelight

xHE-AAC and MPEG-D DRC were substantially developed by Fraunhofer IIS and are natively supported in the latest generation (version 9) of the Android mobile operating system, “Pie”. Fraunhofer provides Android 9 Pie’s default xHE-AAC implementation, available as part of the FDK2 AAC Codec Library for Android. The Android 9 Pie rollout is proceeding faster on average than previous versions of...