During the Audio presentation in closing plenary, there was discussion on the objective of the MPEG reference encoder (i.e. source code encoder). The convenor remarked that the objective of the project should be
To create a platform for CE collaboration that is open and based on reference encoder source code
And that a by-product of the product might be
That this source code base becomes a “Reference Quality” encoder
The Audio Chair noted that if the MPEG reference encoder is not “Reference Quality” then the CE results might be subject to question by some audio experts, hence having it be “Reference Quality” is highly desirable.
