Organisation internationale de normalisation

4Plenary presentations

The Chair reviewed the Liaison documents and reviewed initial drafts of responses

The Chair reviewed the current and target location of Audio reference software, as shown in the following table:

Code Modules	Responsible Party	Target Location
MPEG-1 MPEG-2 MPEG-4	FhG	FhG CVS server
ALS	LG	SVN server
SLS	I2R	SVN server
MPEG Surround	Dolby/FhG/Philips	FhG CVS server
SAOC	FhG	FhG CVS server
MPEG-7	FhG IDMT	SVN server

The Chair presented documents m15688 and m15689 on MXM to the Audio Subgroup members.

The Chair discussed the issue of ER bistream syntax specification (as in ER AAC-LD) versus reference code implementation. It was decided that a task group of the Audio Chair, Ralph Sperschneider, FhG, and Markus Schnell, FhG, will investigate and report back.

The Chair presented N9900, New Directions in Audio Standardization. Karlheinz Brandenburg, FhG, noted that before proceeding with any new standardization effort, MPEG should:

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  Confirm the need for the standard. For example, that it is truly responsive to the needs of identified customers.
  
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  Consider whether MPEG is the correct body for the standardization effort.