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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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"name": "Michael Weitnauer",
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"id": "https://lab.irt.de/?p=2172",
"url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/accessible-360-video-imac-solutions-are-ready-for-public-testing/",
"title": "Accessible 360\u00b0 video \u2013 ImAc solutions are ready for public testing",
"content_html": "In the Immersive Accessibility (ImAc) project IRT investigates, together with partners from the media
industry, how 360\u00b0 media can be made accessible for all. During the project, a technical platform has been
developed to enable accessible 360\u00b0 media: enrich, distribute and playback 360\u00b0 video content with fully
customisable accessibility services. To this end, the project ...<p><a
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"content_text": "In the Immersive Accessibility (ImAc) project IRT investigates, together with partners from the media
industry, how 360\u00b0 media can be made accessible for all. During the project, a technical platform has been
developed to enable accessible 360\u00b0 media: enrich, distribute and playback 360\u00b0 video content with fully
customisable accessibility services. To this end, the project ...Read More",
"date_published": "2020-03-09T16:36:22+01:00",
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"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
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define relevant standards for that purpose, i.e. Audio Definition Model (ADM), Serial ADM, the ITU ADM Renderer and
further specifications. We ...Read More",
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"date_modified": "2019-09-10T14:47:40+01:00",
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"id": "https://lab.irt.de/?p=1494",
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"title": "More open-source for open object-based audio workflows",
"content_html": "Last year we released two open-source C++ libraries: libbw64 and libadm. Now that the ITU ADM (Audio
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\u2013 the libear. The library is developed in cooperation with BBC R&#38;D and published using the permissive Apache
2.0 license under the ...<p><a
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"content_text": "Last year we released two open-source C++ libraries: libbw64 and libadm. Now that the ITU ADM (Audio
Definition Model) Renderer (Recommendation ITU-R BS.2127-0) is published, we are adding another library to the list
\u2013 the libear. The library is developed in cooperation with BBC R&#38;D and published using the permissive Apache
2.0 license under the ...Read More",
"date_published": "2019-07-31T07:03:57+01:00",
"date_modified": "2019-09-30T22:51:37+01:00",
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"Open Source",
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"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
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        themebutton\">Read More</a></p>",
"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",
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"name": "Michael Weitnauer",
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"name": "Michael Weitnauer",
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"Audio",
"Object-Based",
"Open Source",
"Production",
"Renderer",
"Standardisation",
"Next Generation Audio"
]
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"id": "https://lab.irt.de/?p=980",
"url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/ear-version-1-1-0/",
"title": "EBU ADM Renderer Version 1.1 released",
"content_html": "If you are a regular visitor of the IRT Lab, you already know the EBU ADM Renderer (EAR) \u2013 a
renderer for Next Generation Audio content described by ADM metadata. The specification is published as EBU Tech 3388
and it is accompanied by an open source reference implementation written in the programming language Python. Now ...<p>
    <a href=\"https://lab.fktg-media.de/ear-version-1-1-0/\" class=\"more-link themebutton\">Read More</a></p>",
"content_text": "If you are a regular visitor of the IRT Lab, you already know the EBU ADM Renderer (EAR) \u2013 a
renderer for Next Generation Audio content described by ADM metadata. The specification is published as EBU Tech 3388
and it is accompanied by an open source reference implementation written in the programming language Python. Now ...Read
More",
"date_published": "2018-12-05T15:06:59+01:00",
"date_modified": "2019-09-30T22:51:11+01:00",
"authors": [
{
"name": "Benjamin Weiss",
"url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/author/weiss/",
"avatar": "/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/IMG_8667-960x960.png"
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"name": "Benjamin Weiss",
"url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/author/weiss/",
"avatar": "/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/IMG_8667-960x960.png"
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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"
}
],
"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/2018/10/EBU_TI-Award-EAR.jpg",
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"3D-Audio",
"Audio",
"HOA",
"Object-Based",
"Open Broadcast Workflow",
"Open Source",
"Renderer",
"Standardisation",
"Next Generation Audio"
]
},
{
"id": "https://lab.irt.de/?p=593",
"url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/open-source-for-open-object-based-audio-workflows/",
"title": "Open-source for open object-based audio workflows",
"content_html": "Together with multiple other EBU members we developed the EBU ADM Renderer (EAR), a production renderer
for audio described by ADM metadata. It is specified in EBU Tech 3388 and accompanied by an open-source reference
implementation written in Python. Recently all the hard work we put into this project got rewarded: the EAR won the ...
<p><a href=\"https://lab.fktg-media.de/open-source-for-open-object-based-audio-workflows/\" class=\"more-link
        themebutton\">Read More</a></p>",
"content_text": "Together with multiple other EBU members we developed the EBU ADM Renderer (EAR), a production renderer
for audio described by ADM metadata. It is specified in EBU Tech 3388 and accompanied by an open-source reference
implementation written in Python. Recently all the hard work we put into this project got rewarded: the EAR won the
...Read More",
"date_published": "2018-07-24T15:16:03+01:00",
"date_modified": "2019-09-30T22:50:11+01:00",
"authors": [
{
"name": "Benjamin Weiss",
"url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/author/weiss/",
"avatar": "/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/IMG_8667-960x960.png"
}
],
"author": {
"name": "Benjamin Weiss",
"url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/author/weiss/",
"avatar": "/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/IMG_8667-960x960.png"
},
"image": "/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/blog_square_light.png",
"tags": [
"Audio",
"Audio Definition Model",
"Object-Based",
"Open Source",
"Standardisation",
"Next Generation Audio"
]
},
{
"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=442",
"url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/subtitle-conversion-framework-scf-v1-0-released/",
"title": "Subtitle Conversion Framework (SCF) v1.0 released",
"content_html": "IRT recently released version 1.0 of it&#8217;s Subtitle Conversion Framework (SCF). The SCF is
published under the Apache 2.0 license and is available on github: https://github.com/IRT-Open-Source/scf The SCF
provides a set of modules for converting XML based subtitle formats. The modules include features for Transformation
from EBU STL to EBU-TT according to the mapping guideline ...<p><a
        href=\"https://lab.fktg-media.de/subtitle-conversion-framework-scf-v1-0-released/\" class=\"more-link
        themebutton\">Read More</a></p>",
"content_text": "IRT recently released version 1.0 of it&#8217;s Subtitle Conversion Framework (SCF). The SCF is
published under the Apache 2.0 license and is available on github: https://github.com/IRT-Open-Source/scf The SCF
provides a set of modules for converting XML based subtitle formats. The modules include features for Transformation
from EBU STL to EBU-TT according to the mapping guideline ...Read More",
"date_published": "2017-10-27T11:50:00+01:00",
"date_modified": "2019-01-16T14:05:22+01:00",
"authors": [
{
"name": "Peter tho Pesch",
"url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/author/pthopesch/",
"avatar": "/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/PeterThoPesch_2.jpg"
}
],
"author": {
"name": "Peter tho Pesch",
"url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/author/pthopesch/",
"avatar": "/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/PeterThoPesch_2.jpg"
},
"image": "/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/SCF_release-01.png",
"tags": [
"Caption",
"EBU-TT",
"Open Source",
"Subtitles",
"Accessibility"
]
}
]
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