Dolby and Omnifone launch new format for the cloud

07:43 | Tuesday February 16, 2010

It runs on the High Efficiency AAC audio codec (part of the MPEG-4 standard) and offers high quality audio at low bit rates. This is designed specifically to ensure no detectable deterioration in sound quality for music on bandwidth-constrained applications.

Omnifone's catalogue of 6.5m tracks will encoded into the Dolby Pulse format.

Dolby Laboratories president and CEO Kevin Yeaman says, “As digital content services and networked devices become part of our day-to-day lives, the ability to deliver digital content in the most efficient file format becomes increasingly important.”

Omnifone CEO Rob Lewis adds, “Consumers demand great sound quality, fast downloads, and streaming, and want to be able to store more media on their connected devices. Omnifone's decision to encode tracks using Dolby Media Generator into the Dolby Pulse format in 2010 will deliver highly efficient track sizes, faster delivery speeds, and higher sound quality per megabyte than traditional formats like MP3.”

The new format is being backed by all four major labels.