[Advocacy] Vorbis in DAB-2 standard?

[Daniel James]

Hello all,

Is Xiph.org doing any lobbying for Vorbis to be included in the DAB-2
standard?

DAB (digital audio broadcasting) has been widely adopted in the UK, but
it has quality problems because the codec is MP2 on a 128k/bit stream.
This in turn is because the standard was originally laid out in the
1980's, and later the bitrate was cut to 128k to allow more stations per
transmitter. As a consequence, most audiophiles in the UK are hanging on
to their FM receivers for now, even though DAB has more stations.

So there is pressure to define a DAB-2 standard, which may specify an
AAC or Windows Media codec (uggh!). According to Wikipedia, DAB-2 is due
to be launched this year. Therefore it might be very timely for Xiph.org
to contact the World DAB Technical Committee:

http://www.worlddab.org/current.aspx?sub=16

Cheers!

Daniel