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"id": "https://lab.irt.de/?p=2915",
"url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/tool-for-codec-independent-nga-productions-released/",
"title": "Tool for codec-independent NGA productions released",
"content_html": "We are very proud to inform you about the first public release of the “EAR Production
Suite”, a free set of tools for producing immersive and personalizable audio content independently from the
distribution codec. This open-source project has been developed in (yet) another great collaboration with our colleagues
from the BBC R&#38;D audio team under ...<p><a
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"content_text": "We are very proud to inform you about the first public release of the &#8220;EAR Production
Suite&#8221;, a free set of tools for producing immersive and personalizable audio content independently from the
distribution codec. This open-source project has been developed in (yet) another great collaboration with our colleagues
from the BBC R&#38;D audio team under ...Read More",
"date_published": "2020-10-07T15:55:31+01:00",
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"id": "https://lab.irt.de/?p=2376",
"url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/alternative-audio-tracks-in-ard-player/",
"title": "Alternative audio tracks in ARD Player",
"content_html": "We&#8217;ve recently teamed up with colleagues from SWR.Online to implement alternative audio tracks in
the &#8220;ARD Player&#8221; for mobile and desktop Internet browsers. This allows ARD broadcasters now to distribute
alternative audio versions in addition to the default mix in an efficient manner without extra bandwidth usage. Such
alternatives can be for example a &#8220;Dialog+&#8221; ...<p><a
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"content_text": "We&#8217;ve recently teamed up with colleagues from SWR.Online to implement alternative audio tracks in
the &#8220;ARD Player&#8221; for mobile and desktop Internet browsers. This allows ARD broadcasters now to distribute
alternative audio versions in addition to the default mix in an efficient manner without extra bandwidth usage. Such
alternatives can be for example a &#8220;Dialog+&#8221; ...Read More",
"date_published": "2020-04-20T14:02:41+01:00",
"date_modified": "2020-06-29T15:40:23+01:00",
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"Platforms and Services"
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"id": "https://lab.irt.de/?p=1590",
"url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/combining-our-nga-efforts-in-an-open-source-adm-production-tool/",
"title": "Combining our NGA efforts in an open-source ADM production tool",
"content_html": "If you are following our work towards a truly open and codec-independent workflow for Next Generation
Audio, you will have noticed that we not only work together with other broadcasters and industry representatives to
define relevant standards for that purpose, i.e. Audio Definition Model (ADM), Serial ADM, the ITU ADM Renderer and
further specifications. We ...<p><a
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"content_text": "If you are following our work towards a truly open and codec-independent workflow for Next Generation
Audio, you will have noticed that we not only work together with other broadcasters and industry representatives to
define relevant standards for that purpose, i.e. Audio Definition Model (ADM), Serial ADM, the ITU ADM Renderer and
further specifications. We ...Read More",
"date_published": "2019-09-10T14:47:40+01:00",
"date_modified": "2019-09-10T14:47:40+01:00",
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{
"name": "Michael Weitnauer",
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"Object-Based",
"Open Source",
"Production",
"Renderer",
"Next Generation Audio"
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"id": "https://lab.irt.de/?p=1449",
"url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/the-ebu-adm-renderer-evolved-into-the-itu-adm-renderer/",
"title": "The EBU ADM Renderer evolved into the ITU ADM Renderer",
"content_html": "In previous posts we informed about the progress and achievements related to our Next Generation Audio
renderer work, especially about the EBU ADM Renderer or simply the &#8220;EAR&#8221;. At the last ITU-R WP6C meeting in
Geneva, where international standards for production and quality topics in broadcasting are discussed and made, we
finally achieved one of ...<p><a
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"content_text": "In previous posts we informed about the progress and achievements related to our Next Generation Audio
renderer work, especially about the EBU ADM Renderer or simply the &#8220;EAR&#8221;. At the last ITU-R WP6C meeting in
Geneva, where international standards for production and quality topics in broadcasting are discussed and made, we
finally achieved one of ...Read More",
"date_published": "2019-07-04T08:15:45+01:00",
"date_modified": "2019-11-21T09:37:12+01:00",
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"name": "Michael Weitnauer",
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"Audio",
"Object-Based",
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"Renderer",
"Standardisation",
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"id": "https://lab.irt.de/?p=894",
"url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/the-ebu-adm-renderer-at-ibc/",
"title": "The EBU ADM Renderer at IBC 2018",
"content_html": "One of the key motivations behind our work is the creation and establishment of open, interoperable
standards and formats for broadcasters. For Next Generation Audio (NGA) one of the missing puzzle pieces until recently
was an open standard for a renderer. With the publication of Tech 3388\u00a0(aka the EBU ADM Renderer (EAR)) and the
accompanying ...<p><a href=\"https://lab.fktg-media.de/the-ebu-adm-renderer-at-ibc/\" class=\"more-link
        themebutton\">Read More</a></p>",
"content_text": "One of the key motivations behind our work is the creation and establishment of open, interoperable
standards and formats for broadcasters. For Next Generation Audio (NGA) one of the missing puzzle pieces until recently
was an open standard for a renderer. With the publication of Tech 3388\u00a0(aka the EBU ADM Renderer (EAR)) and the
accompanying ...Read More",
"date_published": "2018-10-19T08:46:57+01:00",
"date_modified": "2019-09-05T13:18:43+01:00",
"authors": [
{
"name": "Michael Weitnauer",
"url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/author/weitnauer/",
"avatar": "/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Michael-Weitnauer-960x960.jpg"
}
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"name": "Michael Weitnauer",
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"3D-Audio",
"Audio",
"HOA",
"Object-Based",
"Open Broadcast Workflow",
"Open Source",
"Renderer",
"Standardisation",
"Next Generation Audio"
]
},
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"id": "https://lab.irt.de/?p=749",
"url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/european-collaboration-for-open-nga-broadcast-workflow-successfully-completed/",
"title": "European collaboration for open NGA broadcast workflow successfully completed",
"content_html": "More than three years ago, we initiated an European collaboration project called &#8220;ORPHEUS&#8221;
along with our audio colleagues from BBC R&#38;D. Our aim was to develop and establish an end-to-end workflow for
object-based audio broadcasting, based on open standards.\u00a0 So we teamed up with major European companies and
institutions, which are all experts in their ...<p><a
        href=\"https://lab.fktg-media.de/european-collaboration-for-open-nga-broadcast-workflow-successfully-completed/\"
        class=\"more-link themebutton\">Read More</a></p>",
"content_text": "More than three years ago, we initiated an European collaboration project called &#8220;ORPHEUS&#8221;
along with our audio colleagues from BBC R&#38;D. Our aim was to develop and establish an end-to-end workflow for
object-based audio broadcasting, based on open standards.\u00a0 So we teamed up with major European companies and
institutions, which are all experts in their ...Read More",
"date_published": "2018-08-06T22:09:38+01:00",
"date_modified": "2018-08-07T10:36:12+01:00",
"authors": [
{
"name": "Michael Weitnauer",
"url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/author/weitnauer/",
"avatar": "/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Michael-Weitnauer-960x960.jpg"
}
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"author": {
"name": "Michael Weitnauer",
"url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/author/weitnauer/",
"avatar": "/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Michael-Weitnauer-960x960.jpg"
},
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"tags": [
"3D-Audio",
"Audio",
"Broadcast Workflow",
"Collaboration",
"Object-Based",
"Standardisation",
"Next Generation Audio"
]
},
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"id": "https://lab.irt.de/?p=466",
"url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/working-on-a-standardised-nga-renderer-for-the-production/",
"title": "Working on a standardised NGA renderer for the production",
"content_html": "A few years ago, we joined the standardization efforts of NGA (Next Generation Audio) components for
the production and distribution environment in ITU-R, EBU, DVB and other organizations. Whilst the standardization for
the distribution was already almost established, we spent quite some effort on the production format and the production
renderer. After many discussions within ...<p><a
        href=\"https://lab.fktg-media.de/working-on-a-standardised-nga-renderer-for-the-production/\" class=\"more-link
        themebutton\">Read More</a></p>",
"content_text": "A few years ago, we joined the standardization efforts of NGA (Next Generation Audio) components for
the production and distribution environment in ITU-R, EBU, DVB and other organizations. Whilst the standardization for
the distribution was already almost established, we spent quite some effort on the production format and the production
renderer. After many discussions within ...Read More",
"date_published": "2018-04-05T14:20:52+01:00",
"date_modified": "2019-05-16T07:28:53+01:00",
"authors": [
{
"name": "Michael Weitnauer",
"url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/author/weitnauer/",
"avatar": "/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Michael-Weitnauer-960x960.jpg"
}
],
"author": {
"name": "Michael Weitnauer",
"url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/author/weitnauer/",
"avatar": "/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Michael-Weitnauer-960x960.jpg"
},
"image": "/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/tech3388_cover.png",
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"3D-Audio",
"Audio",
"Object-Based",
"Open Source",
"Renderer",
"Standardisation",
"Next Generation Audio"
],
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{
"id": "https://lab.irt.de/?p=420",
"url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/object-based-radio-drama/",
"title": "Object-based Radio Drama",
"content_html": "Quite some time ago, we published our object-based demo page\u00a0and posted this article\u00a0on our
blog. The development of the used JavaScript framework of course did not stand still, so we managed to release a new
version of our object-based browser rendering framework which is capable of advanced interaction / personalization
features such as switch-groups and ...<p><a href=\"https://lab.fktg-media.de/object-based-radio-drama/\"
        class=\"more-link themebutton\">Read More</a></p>",
"content_text": "Quite some time ago, we published our object-based demo page\u00a0and posted this article\u00a0on our
blog. The development of the used JavaScript framework of course did not stand still, so we managed to release a new
version of our object-based browser rendering framework which is capable of advanced interaction / personalization
features such as switch-groups and ...Read More",
"date_published": "2017-09-07T08:09:06+01:00",
"date_modified": "2017-09-07T08:09:06+01:00",
"authors": [
{
"name": "Michael Weitnauer",
"url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/author/weitnauer/",
"avatar": "/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Michael-Weitnauer-960x960.jpg"
}
],
"author": {
"name": "Michael Weitnauer",
"url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/author/weitnauer/",
"avatar": "/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Michael-Weitnauer-960x960.jpg"
},
"image": "/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/TurningForest_Eye.jpg",
"tags": [
"3D-Audio",
"Audio",
"Object-Based",
"Next Generation Audio"
]
},
{
"id": "https://lab.irt.de/?p=321",
"url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/bringing-object-based-audio-to-the-production/",
"title": "Bringing object-based audio to the production",
"content_html": "A few months ago, IRT and BR started a collaboration work within the scope of the EU funded project
ORPHEUS\u00a0to produce content for the project pilots. The aim of this project is to implement a complete end-to-end
chain, from capturing to consumption for object-based audio. This technology brings great possibilities and features
such as interactivity, ...<p><a href=\"https://lab.fktg-media.de/bringing-object-based-audio-to-the-production/\"
        class=\"more-link themebutton\">Read More</a></p>",
"content_text": "A few months ago, IRT and BR started a collaboration work within the scope of the EU funded project
ORPHEUS\u00a0to produce content for the project pilots. The aim of this project is to implement a complete end-to-end
chain, from capturing to consumption for object-based audio. This technology brings great possibilities and features
such as interactivity, ...Read More",
"date_published": "2017-06-20T09:06:07+01:00",
"date_modified": "2019-01-16T11:04:13+01:00",
"authors": [
{
"name": "Michael Weitnauer",
"url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/author/weitnauer/",
"avatar": "/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Michael-Weitnauer-960x960.jpg"
}
],
"author": {
"name": "Michael Weitnauer",
"url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/author/weitnauer/",
"avatar": "/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Michael-Weitnauer-960x960.jpg"
},
"image": "/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Screenshot_B2_OBA-Feature.png",
"tags": [
"3D-Audio",
"Audio",
"Object-Based",
"Next Generation Audio",
"Production"
]
},
{
"id": "http://lab.irt.de/?p=107",
"url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/object-based-audio-rendering-in-browsers/",
"title": "Object-based audio rendering in browsers",
"content_html": "Object-based audio is a revolutionary approach for creating and deploying interactive, personalized and
immersive content. This is possible by representing the audio content as a set of individual assets together with
metadata describing their relationships and associations. This allows media objects to be assembled in ground-breaking
ways to create new user experiences. Some popular examples ...<p><a
        href=\"https://lab.fktg-media.de/object-based-audio-rendering-in-browsers/\" class=\"more-link
        themebutton\">Read More</a></p>",
"content_text": "Object-based audio is a revolutionary approach for creating and deploying interactive, personalized and
immersive content. This is possible by representing the audio content as a set of individual assets together with
metadata describing their relationships and associations. This allows media objects to be assembled in ground-breaking
ways to create new user experiences. Some popular examples ...Read More",
"date_published": "2017-02-23T13:46:43+01:00",
"date_modified": "2017-11-15T09:36:34+01:00",
"authors": [
{
"name": "Michael Weitnauer",
"url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/author/weitnauer/",
"avatar": "/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Michael-Weitnauer-960x960.jpg"
}
],
"author": {
"name": "Michael Weitnauer",
"url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/author/weitnauer/",
"avatar": "/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Michael-Weitnauer-960x960.jpg"
},
"image": "/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Personalisierung4.png",
"tags": [
"3D-Audio",
"Audio",
"Immersive",
"Interactive",
"Object-Based",
"Open Source",
"Next Generation Audio"
]
}
]
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