[May 01, 2012]

1394 Trade Association Approves Revised AM Specification for Mobile and Residential Consumer Audio Applications

The 1394 Trade Association has approved a revision of the Audio Music (AM) Protocol, with updates relating to emerging multichannel formats and compression standards used for mobile and residential consumer audio applications (TA2009013 - AM Protocol Ver. 2.3).

The AM protocol standard now integrates the latest IEC60958-3 additions and support has been added for streaming decrypted Advanced Access Content System (AACS) conten using the DTLA specified Digital Only Token (DOT) subject to the FCC (News - Alert) Waiver Order of May 2010.

These additions and updates maintain the IEEE1394 standard in its long held position as one of the most efficient, viable connections for transporting copy-protected content.

The 1394 Trade Association is a worldwide organization dedicated to the advancement of the IEEE (News - Alert) 1394 standard. By the end of 2010, more than 2 billion FireWire ports had shipped on a wide range of computing, consumer electronics, industrial, storage and other systems. For more information, visit www.1394ta.org

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