An Overview of MPEG-4 Audio Version 2

The MPEG-4 Audio Standard provides audio and speech coding for natural and synthetic content at bitrates ranging from 2 to 64 kbit/s and above. While the first version of MPEG-4 Audio was finalised in 1998, work continues for Version 2, complementing MPEG-4 Audio by the following new tools: Error Resilience, Low-Delay Audio Coding, Small Step Scalability, Parametric Audio Coding, and Environmental Spatialisation.