One-page reference: the four AAC members, their bitrate sweet spots, HLS/DASH codec strings, fast facts on SBR / Parametric Stereo / xHE-AAC, 2026 licensing, and the one rule that prevents the most common AAC mistake.
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The book · Volume 2 of 7
Video Streaming: A Complete Guide to Video Delivery: From Network Protocols and Transport to Ingest, HLS, and MPEG-DASH
This cheat sheet puts the four AAC profiles, their bitrate sweet spots and the HLS and DASH codec strings on one page, which settles most audio-ladder questions. Volume 2 goes deeper into the delivery side of that choice: packaging and segment protocols, HLS, MPEG-DASH and CMAF, and the ingest path from RTMP or SRT where the audio track first gets signalled. Written by Nikolay Sapunov, CEO at Fora Soft.
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