Dolby Atmos is unique as cinema sound systems go. It utilizes both channel-based and object-based sound, and it requires a separate audio server to play and render sound for the auditorium. It’s a sophisticated system that requires more capability than the ordinary digital cinema system. That sophistication will
Archives for November 2012
Routing Audio in Digital Cinema
The news that Warner could not distribute the SMPTE DCP version of the HFR 3D version of The Hobbit because of problems in the field should raise eyebrows. The DCP was in development within SMPTE for over 5 years before the first standards were published in 2006. ISDCF spent
The ITU and the Internet
No current international activity deserves more attention than that within the ITU and its Working Group on International Internet-related Public Policy Issues. The ITU is a UN treaty organization originally formed to promote and regulate international radio communications and telecommunications. Upgraded from a Dedicated Group to a Working Group
Other News
Dolby Laboratories announced the addition of three major titles for its Atmos sound system in 2013, as well as Back to 1942, it’s first title in China. Bolstering its competing cinema sound format, Auro3D announced 15 titles with Dreamworks Animation. Christie Digital announced that it is acquiring systems integrator VR Solutions