WD and Reference Software for USAC Eunmi Oh, Samsung, reported that all the CfP bitstreams were successfully decoded to the CfP waveforms, and are a bit-exact match. She also reported that not all modes (e.g. bitrates) of the encoder are operational. Markus Multrus, FhG, reported that the software attached to the USAC WD output document has already been edited to address all of the reported encoder bugs.
Eunmi Oh further noted that currently the USAC encoder and decoder are part of the MPEG-4 VM, and expressed the preference that it be developed as a separate code base. There was some discussion of this matter, and the Chair suggested that this be discussed further in the AhG activity.
Takehiro Moriya, NTT, suggested that the CfP bistreams and decoded waveforms for the USAC RM be made available to the group. It was agreed to post the bistreams and decoded waveforms on the USAC ftp site.
The following text captures discussions during the week concerning MPEG Reference Encoder and the core experiment process:
