IEC 61937-2:2003

Applies to the use of a digital audio interface using the IEC 60958 series for the conveying of non-linear PCM encoded audio bitstreams. Describes the use of this digital interface in consumer applications.

IEC 61937-2:2007 specifies the digital audio interface to convey non-linear PCM encoded audio bitstreams applying IEC 60958-1 and IEC 60958-3. This standard specifies burst-info which defines content information about the data contained in the burst payload. This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition published in 2000. This edition contains the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition: a) New audio data-types of enhanced AC-3 data, MPEG-2 AAC low sampling frequency, MPEG-4 AAC, DTS type IV, ATRAC-X, WMA professional and MAT are added. b) Data-type field in Pc is expanded from bit 0-4 to 0-6. This bilingual version corresponds to the monolingual English version, published in 2007-05.