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Re:Google wants to take on Dolby with new open media formats by KerrAvon on Thursday September 22, 2022 @06:18PM (#32945365)
That's like saying "we should all drive hydrogen cars because you can just replace all the existing petroleum infrastructure with hydrogen infrastructure." Yes, but you have to execute on that. Any practical use of digital multichannel audio must consider bandwidth and decoding power as constraints.
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Re:Google wants to take on Dolby with new open media formats by Dylan16807 on Thursday September 22, 2022 @09:14PM (#32946795)
When we're looking at video content, the audio processing for stereo is a tiny fraction of the bandwidth and power. Tripling that effort barely makes a difference.

In terms of petroleum infrastructure, it's like slightly adjusting the ratios at the refinery.

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