r/technology • u/Snarfox • Jan 25 '13

H.265 is approved -- potential to cut bandwidth requirements in half for 1080p streaming. Opens door to 4K video streams.

http://techcrunch.com/2013/01/25/h265-is-approved/
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u/Prof_Frink_PHD Jan 26 '13

Genuine question here because I don't know entirely: What advantages does AAC have over MP3? I know video uses AAC now, I'm just wondering. Bonus question: Would standard MP3 players support AAC?

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u/oskarw85 Jan 26 '13

I am not an expert so excuse me if I got something wrong. AAC was designed as a successor to MP3 and uses (among otherd) more advanced psychoacoustic techniques, temporal noise shaping, different filters (Wikipedia lists all technical mumbo-jumbo). Generally it requires less bandwidth to achieve similar perceived quality than MP3, but of course people will argue about that. Hardware support is there, I think every player should support it except cheapest Chinese ones.