This document discusses new formats for music, media, and entertainment. It provides background on Paul Jessop and his roles at various organizations. Jessop then discusses innovation in format creation and the complex delivery chain involved. Specific formats highlighted include high resolution audio, which provides better quality than CDs, and immersive audio, which uses multiple channels to create a surround sound effect. Jessop notes some services starting to offer these new formats like Tidal and Sony 360 Reality Audio.
MME 4.5 New Content Formats: Music entertainment re-imagined Paul Jessop, Chief Technology Advisor, RIAA
1. New Content
Formats
Music, Media & Entertainment 4.5
London July 10th, 2019
Paul Jessop
Founder and Director, County Analytics Ltd
Chief Technology Adviser, RIAA
2. Paul Jessop – County Analytics Ltd
• Chief Technology Adviser, Recording Industry Association of America
• Electrical Engineer/Computer Scientist
• Previously:
• Tech/Marketing at British Telecom
• CTO at IFPI
• CTO at RIAA
• County Analytics Ltd
• Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)
• The DOI Foundation
• CISAC
• SoundExchange
• Digimarc
29. Immersive Audio
Immersive audio consists of Audio Channels and/or Audio Objects,
which can be utilized by the content creator to design a sound track
with sounds above and around the listener. Immersive audio
combines metadata with audio essence, which allows the Audio
Objects and Audio Channels in the sound track to be rendered
successfully into multiple Loudspeaker configurations.
SMPTE ST 2098-1
30. Headphone Delivery
• Two ears
• Full localization
• Process headphone audio
• Sensation of immersion
• Also on speakers and soundbars
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31. • Unique to individual
• Measure it with microphones
• Photograph the ear
Head Related Transfer Function
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32. Immersive Audio Services
• Sony 360 Reality Audio
• With Fraunhofer
• Uses standard MPEG-H technology
• Announced at CES 2019
• Needs access to multitrack masters