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Audio requirements

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Audio requirements - MediaLive

Supported audio

All the source audio in the MediaLive inputs must meet the following requirements:

  • Sample-rate frequency: 48 kHz (48000 samples per second).

  • Up to 8 audio channels, with interleaved samples.

  • The audio must conform to one of the coding modes and channel layouts specified in the following table.

In the table, read across each row to identify the channel layout for the coding mode that is identified in the first cell.

Number of channels

Coding mode

Ch 1 Ch 2 Ch 3 Ch 4 Ch 5 Ch 6 Ch 7 Ch 8
1

Mono

Left

2

Stereo

Stereo left

Stereo right

6

5.1 audio

Front left

Front right

Center

LFE

Surround left

Surround right

8

5.1 audio plus stereo

Front left

Front right

Center

LFE

Surround left

Surround right

Stereo left

Stereo right

Recommended minimum bitrates

We strongly recommend following the minimum audio bitrates listed in the following table. If you set the audio bitrates lower than the recommended values, your watermarks might not be reliably detected.

Codec Coding mode Minimum bitrate (kbps)

Dolby Digital

Stereo 192
5.1 384
Dolby Digital Plus

Stereo

192
5.1 192
AAC with the LC profile

Stereo

128
AAC with the HEV1 profile 5.1 256

MPEG-1, layer II

Stereo

96

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