Real-time streaming of multichannel audio data over Internet

Citation
Ax. Xu et al., Real-time streaming of multichannel audio data over Internet, J AUD ENG S, 48(7-8), 2000, pp. 627-641
Citations number
34
Categorie Soggetti
Optics & Acoustics
Volume
48
Issue
7-8
Year of publication
2000
Pages
627 - 641
Database
ISI
SICI code
Abstract
On 1999 September 26 a musical performance, taking place at McGill Universi ty, was transmitted to an audience at New York University over the Internet . While Internet streaming audio technologies have been in use for several years, what made this event unique was the audience's experience of uninter rupted, intermediate-quality multichannel audio (AC-3). In order to achieve this result, a custom system was developed employing both TCP and UDP prot ocols, and providing its own buffering and retransmission algorithms. The m otivation for this approach is explored, and experiments justifying the dec isions made are explained.