Patent ID: 8989884
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. An audio processing system comprising a plurality of elements that include logic elements, wherein the plurality of elements are configured to perform operations including: determining an encode format of audio content to be decoded by an audio processing device; determining a hardware format supported by an output device to which decoded audio data is to be provided, wherein the output device is coupled to the audio processing device, and wherein the output device has an associated audio fidelity; based upon the hardware format supported by the output device, the encode format of the audio content, and the fidelity of the output device, determining a decode format, from a plurality of decode formats, to which audio content is to be decoded, wherein the plurality of decode formats includes at least one decode format having a bit depth that is equal to the bit depth of the hardware format and at least one decode format having a bit depth that is higher than the bit depth of the hardware format; decoding at least a portion of the audio content to the determined decode format, wherein the bit depth of the determined decode format is determined at least in part by the fidelity associated with the output device; and converting at least a portion of the audio content from the decode format to the hardware format supported by the output device; and providing the audio content to the output device after the converting.