Acer Laboratories (ALi) has announced a new integrated DVD audio/video (A/V) decoder '“ the M3325/M3327. The M3325 and M3327 chips should provide more functions for your home entertainment, such as DVD players and STBs (set-top boxes).
The company claims that the M3325 offers great image quality and leading-edge A/V performance and is regarded as the most advanced solution for next-generation DVD player applications. It has an advanced MPEG-2 core with integrated micro-controller unit (MCU), progressive scan processor, TV encoder, audio ADC and professional karaoke. The highly integrated single chip solutions eliminate the need for extra external chips, reducing overall system costs. |
The M3325 DVD A/V decoder supports MPEG-2's Main Profile at Main Level (MP@ML) and JPEG decoding. It also features functions such as DVD/VCD movie disc playback and digital photo browsing. M3325's audio algorithms decode MPEG-1 layers 1 and 2, MP3, MPEG-2 multi-channel, Dolby ProLogic II, Dolby Digital, Digital Theater System (DTS), High Definition CD (HDCD) and Microsoft Windows Media Audio (WMA). In addition, the audio post-processing of the M3325 supports cinema sound effects and Virtual Surround for multi-channel output on a fixed two-channel speaker environment.
Unfortunately this chipset has also this: The M3327 adds MLP decode, Copy Protection for Pre-recorded Media (CPPM) encryption and audio watermark detection.
Let's hope this won't become a trend...
Source: Digitimes.com
