Date : November 24, 1999
Time : 3:00pm - 6:00pm (3 hours)
Subject : Dolby Digital--a Digital Audio System for Television Transmission
 

The seminar will focus on the Dolby digital audio bitstream, its flexibility, features and inbuilt compatibility that make it ideal for any TV audio, from mono up to 5.1 channels. It will also cover the Production and Distribution of Multichannel audio in the Broadcast facility - Dolby Surround and Dolby E-type, particularly on how to post-produce, distribute and sequence digital audio programmes which have multi-channel soundtracks within the existing stereo production and distribution infrastructure.

Attendance : 50
Location : Studio One of RTHK
Guest Speaker : Mr. John Couling, Application Engineer of Dolby Laboartories

Description : During his business tour to the Far East in November 1998, Mr. John Couling, Application Engineer of Dolby Laboartories, visited Hong Kong and gave a talk to members of local section. The event took place in a studio of Radio Television Hong Kong. Entitled "Dolby Digital--a Digital Audio System for Television Transmission," Mr. Couling focused on the Dolby digital audio bitstream and its flexibility, features and inbuilt compatibility that made it suitable for the audio system for television transmission, from mono up to 5.1 channels which had been adopted by DVD and known as Dolby Digital (AC-3). He also covered matters relating to the production and distribution of multi-channel audio in the broadcast facility, particularly on how to post produce, distribute and sequence digital audio programmes which had multi-channel soundtracks within the existing stereo production and distribution infrastructure. Mr. Couling also gave audience a demonstration of the approach to multi-channel studio monitor set-up for optimum surround effect.