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It’s now official! As reported back in April, the Polish Ministry of Digitization has mandated AC-4 as the only Next Generation Audio standard. This legally binding legislation makes AC-4 mandatory for all UHD receivers and DD+ mandatory for all HD receivers. The legislation goes into effect starting December 1, 2019.
Back to the news overviewThe NorDig standards body, confirmed today that Dolby AC-4 has been officially added as well as the only next generation audio codec for the forthcoming NorDig specification v3.1.
The specification will require all HEVC enabled receivers (set top boxes and TVs) to support Next Generation Audio Dolby AC-4.
The specification will require all HEVC enabled receivers (set top boxes and TVs) to support Next Generation Audio Dolby AC-4.