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Digital Audio Interface - Non-Linear PCM Bitstreams (ALS) format

Published on April 2026

US National Adoption of Digital audio - Interface for non-linear PCM encoded audio bitstreams applying IEC 60958 - Part 10: Non-linear PCM bitstreams according to the MPEG-4 audio lossless coding (ALS) format IEC 61937-10:2017 (ANSI/CTA-6036)

This is the US National Adoption of Digital audio - Interface for non-linear PCM encoded audio bitstreams applying IEC 60958 - Part 10: Non-linear PCM bitstreams according to the MPEG-4 audio lossless coding (ALS) format IEC 61937-10:2017. IEC 61937-10:2017(E) specifies the method for IEC 60958 to convey non-linear PCM bitstreams encoded in accordance with the MPEG-4 audio lossless coding (ALS) format.
This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition published in 2011. This edition constitutes a technical revision.
This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition:
a) Addition of Levels 2, 3, 4 of MPEG-4 ALS Simple Profile;
b) Addition of data-type bits 0-4 and data-type bits 5-6 for MPEG-4 ALS with LATM/LOAS header.

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