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Fraunhofer MPEG-H and SWR live proof of concept
Products & Technologies

SWR/ARD Successfully Tests Next Generation Audio with MPEG-H

Integrating immersive and personalized audio into live broadcast workflows at scale: At the SWR3 ESC Party, German public broadcaster Südwestrundfunk (SWR) conducted a real-world proof of concept to evaluate MPEG-H Audio in a live production environment.

September 4, 2026
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Research

Computer Science meets Musicology

Where else could the disciplines of computer science and musicology meet than in digital humanities – the intersection of digital technologies and humanities? This is precisely where Meinard Müller and Christof Weiß of the International Audio Laboratories Erlangen search for computational answers to musicological questions within the works of Richard Wagner and Ludwig van Beethoven.

Products & Technologies

Enhanced MPEG-H Authoring Plug-In available for download

Version 2.0 of Fraunhofer’s popular MPEG-H Authoring Plug-in (MHAPI) has arrived and comes with new features such as a 3D panner, authoring of dynamic objects and the option to export to ADM (Audio Definition Model). One of the first broadcast professionals to use the plug-in was Werner Bleisteiner, Creative Technologist at German public broadcaster Bayerischer Rundfunk BR. We asked him about his experiences with MHAPI so far.