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Announcing Dolby Audio for High Performance Audio in Microsoft Edge

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Re: Announcing Dolby Audio for High Performance Audio in Microsoft Edge

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Whenever I think of Dolby anything I think of that noise reduction filter they used for cassette tapes.

I think of cassette tape hiss.

Or I think of the hot mess that is movie audio standards and home theatre playback.

Not things I would want to associate with my innovative browser.

Re: Announcing Dolby Audio for High Performance Audio in Microsoft Edge

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post #4

Whenever I think of Dolby anything I think of that noise reduction filter they used for cassette tapes. I think of cassette tape hiss. Or I think of the hot mess that is movie audio standards and home theatre playback. Not things I would want to associate with my innovative browser.

You don't want browsers to add features that you personally have an unscientific bias against?

Re: Announcing Dolby Audio for High Performance Audio in Microsoft Edge

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Microsoft is trying real hard to make Edge successful. Competition really does wonders for innovation.

This isn't innovation. AC-3 is almost 20 years old, and wasn't very good even for the time (it was designed for high-bandwidth optical discs). Dolby Digital Plus is an extension whose primary purpose is to extend their patent licensing regime.

Innovation would have been using Opus (full disclosure: I'm one of the authors of Opus).