The International Standard ISO/IEC 14496-4:2004/Amd.19:2007, published on November 19, 2007, is an amendment to the existing part of the Information Technology - Coding of audio-visual objects standard series. This specific document focuses on the Audio Lossless Coding (ALS) portion and includes modifications aimed at enhancing the consistency testing for this particular type of coding within the ISO/IEC framework.
The ALS coding scheme is designed to provide lossless compression for high-quality audio, ensuring that no data is lost during the encoding process. The amendment introduces detailed specifications and tests intended to ensure compliance with the ALS standard when implemented by various manufacturers or developers working on multimedia systems or devices.
This document plays a critical role in maintaining interoperability across different systems that utilize this form of coding for audio content, thus contributing to the overall reliability and quality of digital audio distribution technologies globally.
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