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Linear Acoustic LA-5300
Broadcast Audio Processor
Preliminary Quick Start Guide
Introduction
The roll-out of ATSC 3.0 presents a unique set of requirements and opportunities for
television broadcasters, including many enhanced audio capabilities. The Linear
Acoustic LA-5300 provides a single 1RU solution for audio loudness control,
upmixing, AC-4 decoding for watermarking, bitstream analysis, and monitoring,
transcoding of Dolby® Digital and Dolby Digital Plus sources to AC-4, as well as
Dolby AC-4 encoding of PCM. As ATSC 3.0 adoption grows, support for additional
features including immersive and object-based audio, interactive consumer control,
personalized audio, and multiple presentations within a single stream will be
incorporated into the LA-5300 via software updates.
