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The Synopsys ARC® Audio Dolby Digital Plus® 7.1 Decoder enables SoC designers to provide playback of up to 7.1 (multi-) channel digital surround audio in their designs. Dolby Digital Plus (or Enhanced AC-3, E-AC-3) includes up to seven full-range audio channels (left, center, right, left surround, right surround, back surround left, back surround right), plus a supplemental Low-Frequency-Effects (LFE) channel (indicated by the '.1' in 7.1). Dolby Digital Plus is one of the optional decoders for Blu-ray Disc™. Applications include digital TV, set top boxes, HD broadcast, media players, home theater systems and Blu-ray Disc.

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  • Support of Dolby Digital (AC-3) streams, the first independent substream (either Dolby Digital or Dolby Digital Plus) and the first dependent substream (associated with the independent substream) of Dolby Digital Plus (E-AC-3) streams (ATSC A/52B and ETSI TS 102 366 standards with Annex E)
  • Support of AC-3 Karaoke Mode (Annex C of ATSC A/52B and ETSI TS 102 366 standards)
  • Support of Alternate bitstream (Annex D of ATSC A/52)
  • Support of Extended bitstream (Annex E of ATSC A/52)
  • Output up to 7.1 or 6.2 channels PCM
  • Sampling Rates of 32 / 44.1 / 48 kHz
  • Optional higher sampling rates of 88.2 and 96 kHz through an integrated Sampling Rate Converter
  • Bitrates up to 6.144 Mbps
  • Dialogue Normalization and Dynamic Range Compression
  • Down-mixing of multi-channel audio
  • Re-matrixing (in stereo mode)
  • Error detection and concealment
  • Optional generation of metadata for BD Audio Post-Processing:
    • Primary/secondary stream ID
    • Primary/secondary DRC ready
    • Primary custom downmix coefficients
    • Secondary overall gain for primary audio
    • Secondary individual gains for primary audio

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