Widevine to Support Dolby Digital Plus Surround Sound
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| July 12, 2010
Widevine will support Dolby Digital Plus in its video optimization and digital rights management (DRM) platform to bring the movie theater-like experience directly to the living room via the Internet.
Dolby Digital Plus is a versatile, scalable digital audio coding technology that extends the capabilities of Dolby Digital, delivering up to 7.1 channels of surround sound. It supports a wide range of bit rates to ensure optimized sound quality and efficiency to match available bandwidth. It also enables advanced applications such as multiple-program support and audio stream mixing.