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description: Dolby Digital Plus (E-AC-3) audio codec definition, defining legal codec strings, decoder configs, and packet data formats.
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# E-AC-3 codec registration
## Description
The Dolby Digital Plus (E-AC-3) audio codec, specified in [ETSI TS 102 366](https://www.etsi.org/deliver/etsi_ts/102300_102399/102366/01.04.01_60/ts_102366v010401p.pdf).
## Codec ID
```ts
'eac3'
```
## `EncodedPacket` data
The packet's data must be a sync frame as defined in Section E.1.2.0 of [ETSI TS 102 366](https://www.etsi.org/deliver/etsi_ts/102300_102399/102366/01.04.01_60/ts_102366v010401p.pdf), beginning with the sync word `0x0B77`.
## `EncodedPacket` type
The packet's type is always `'key'`.
## `AudioDecoderConfig` codec string
```ts
'ec-3'
```
## `AudioDecoderConfig` description
`description` is not used for this codec.