Audio codec

An audio codec, or audio decoder is a device or computer program capable of encoding or decoding a digital data stream (a

multimedia players. Most modern audio compression algorithms are based on modified discrete cosine transform (MDCT) coding and linear predictive coding

(LPC).

In hardware, audio codec refers to a single device that encodes analog audio as digital signals and decodes digital back into analog. In other words, it contains both an

SPI, I²C, etc. Most commonly the digital data is linear PCM, and this is the only format that most codecs support, but some legacy codecs support other formats such as G.711

for telephony.

References

^ "Using codecs". Microsoft. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
^ "About.com - Codec". About.com. Archived from the original on 2015-04-05. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
^ "Glossary - Codec". Afterdawn.com. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
^ "Ubuntu Documentation - What is a codec?". Ubuntu Documentation Team. Archived from the original on February 19, 2012. Retrieved 2009-12-21.

[1] "Using codecs". Microsoft. Retrieved 2009-12-21.

[2] "About.com - Codec". About.com. Archived from the original on 2015-04-05. Retrieved 2009-12-21.

[3] "Glossary - Codec". Afterdawn.com. Retrieved 2009-12-21.

[4] "Ubuntu Documentation - What is a codec?". Ubuntu Documentation Team. Archived from the original on February 19, 2012. Retrieved 2009-12-21.

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