Dolby DP568 reference decoder for 7.1 surround

The Dolby DP568 Professional Reference Decoder is a 7.1-channel decoder that assists broadcasters and manufacturers in the adoption and deployment of the latest Dolby audio codecs. The Dolby® DP568 is designed to help broadcasters monitor streams along multiple points of the broadcast chain. The DP568 provides a detailed analysis of Dolby audio streams for professionals, making it ideal for broadcast trials and manufacturers’ test environments. It provides real-time decoding of Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby Digital, Dolby E, HE AAC with Dolby metadata, and Dolby Pro Logic® IIx. Enhanced features of Dolby Digital Plus, such as secondary audio bitstream mixing and 7.1-channel decoding, can easily be monitored using the DP568. Among its extensive capabilities, the DP568 can: • Allow broadcasters to perform quality control at any point within their headends • Enable monitoring, display, and logging of all audio-related metadata and measurement of program loudness, using Dolby Dialogue Intelligence™, ITU-R BS.1770-2, or EBU Mode loudness estimation Additional features include: • Monitoring capabilities for emulating set-top box behavior in the QC environment • A consumer emulation mode for Dolby Digital Plus and Dolby Multistream Decoders found in consumer TVs and set-top boxes • Support for MPEG-2 transport stream with H.264 and MPEG-2 video decoding to help verify audio/video synchronization • Standard analog and digital audio and video outputs (including HDMI®) • A web-based user interface for easy selection and monitoring of the unique downmixing capabilities, listening modes, and compression modes of Dolby technologies • A front-panel interface for basic setup and monitoring • A headphone output for confidence monitoring • A web services API to enable automated test operations