CTA Standard

Audio Format Extensions

CTA-861.5

September 2018
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FOREWORD
This standard was developed by the Consumer Technology Association’s R4.8 DTV Interface
Subcommittee.

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CONTENTS

FOREWORD ................................................................................................................................................. 1

1 Scope......................................................................................................................................................... 5

2 References ................................................................................................................................................ 5
2.1 Normative References ...................................................................................................................... 5
2.1.1 Normative Reference List .......................................................................................................... 5
2.1.2 Normative Reference Acquisition ............................................................................................. 5
2.2 Informative References .................................................................................................................... 5
2.2.1 Informative Reference List......................................................................................................... 5
2.2.2 Informative Document Acquisition ........................................................................................... 5
2.3 Compliance Notation ........................................................................................................................ 6
2.4 Hexadecimal Notation ...................................................................................................................... 6
2.5 Bit Naming Conventions .................................................................................................................. 6
2.6 Symbols and Abbreviations ............................................................................................................ 6

3 Errata ......................................................................................................................................................... 7

4 System H 22.2 ........................................................................................................................................... 7

5 MPEG-H 3D Audio .................................................................................................................................... 8

6 HDMI Reference........................................................................................................................................ 8

7 Speaker Names ...................................................................................................................................... 10

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TABLES

Table 1 Additional Audio Format Code Extension Values (Data Byte 3) .............................................. 7
Table 2 CTA Short Audio Descriptor for Audio Coding Extension Type Codes 4 to 6 ........................ 7
Table 3 CTA Short Audio Descriptor for Audio Extension Type Code 11 (MPEG-H 3D Audio) .......... 8
Table 4 MPEG-H 3D Audio Level ............................................................................................................... 8
Table 5 CTA Data Block Tag Codes .......................................................................................................... 9
Table 6 Audio InfoFrame Format When Byte 4 is 0xFE ........................................................................ 10
Table 7 Audio InfoFrame Format When Byte 4 is 0xFF......................................................................... 11
Table 8 Speaker Placement ...................................................................................................................... 13
Table 9 Audio InfoFrame Data Byte 4 ..................................................................................................... 15
Table 10 Speaker Allocation Data Block Payload .................................................................................. 15
Table 11 Room Configuration Data Block .............................................................................................. 16
Table 12 SMPTE/CTA Audio Channel Description & Abbreviation Comparison................................ 17
Table 13 SMPTE/CTA Audio Channel Assignment Comparison for CA=0x00-0x31 .......................... 17
Table 14 Speaker Label Changes from CTA-861-F to CTA-861-G ........................................................ 18

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Audio Format Extensions

1 Scope
This standard specifies Audio Format extensions to CTA-861-G [A].
The requirements of this standard are in addition to and complement CTA-861-G [A]. All
devices compliant to CTA-861.5 shall also comply with CTA-861-G [A], except that this standard
modifies Tables 29, 30, 33 through 35, 57, 64, 66, 69, 91, 140, 141, 143 and Figure 6 of CTA-
861-G [A].

Any Errata and Extensions that apply to CTA-861-G [A], which were published after November
8th, 2016, also apply to this standard.

2 References
2.1 Normative References
The following standards contain provisions that, through reference in this text, constitute
normative provisions of this standard. At the time of publication, the editions indicated were
valid. All standards are subject to revision, and parties to agreements based on this standard
are encouraged to investigate the possibility of applying the most recent editions of the
standards listed here.
2.1.1 Normative Reference List

A. CTA-861-G, A DTV Profile for Uncompressed High Speed Digital Interfaces, November
2016
2.1.2 Normative Reference Acquisition

ANSI/CTA Standards
 Global Engineering Documents, World Headquarters, 15 Inverness Way East,
Englewood, CO USA 80112-5776; Phone 800-854-7179; Fax 303-397-2740; Internet:
http://global.ihs.com; Email [email protected]
2.2 Informative References
The following documents contain information that is useful in understanding this standard. At the
time of publication, the editions indicated were valid.

2.2.1 Informative Reference List

B. HDMI, High-Definition Multimedia Interface Specification, Version 2.1, November 13,

2017
2.2.2 Informative Document Acquisition

HDMI
 HDMI Licensing Administrator, Inc., 550 S. Winchester Blvd, Suite 515, San Jose, CA
95128, USA; Internet http://www.hdmi.org/

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2.3 Compliance Notation

As used in this document, “shall” denotes mandatory provisions of the standard. “Should”
denotes a provision that is recommended but not mandatory. “May” denotes a feature whose
presence does not preclude compliance and implementation of which is optional. “Optional”
denotes items that may or may not be present in a compliant device.
2.4 Hexadecimal Notation
The characters 0x preceding numbers or letters A through F designate the following values as
hexadecimal notation. All other numerical values are to be assumed decimal.
2.5 Bit Naming Conventions
The names of the individual bits of multi-bit data values are composed using a value's
mnemonic followed by a bit number. The significance of each bit is indicated by the bit number
according to little-endian convention (i.e. bit number 0 is the least significant).
Future bits begin with the mnemonic 'F' followed by a bit number, where bit numbers indicate
location - not significance. Future bits shall be set to zero and ignored.
2.6 Symbols and Abbreviations
CTA Consumer Technology Association

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3 Errata
Table 1, shown below, modifies Table 33 in section 6.6.1 of CTA-861-G [A]:

Audio Coding Audio Stream

CXT Audio Stream Encoding Standard
Extension Type Transport Standard
0x00 Refer to Audio Coding Type (CT) field in Data Byte 1
0x01 Not in use
0x02 Not in use
0x03 Not in use
0x04 MPEG-4 HE AAC ISO/IEC 14496-3 [25] IEC 61937-11 [21]
0x05 MPEG-4 HE AAC v2 ISO/IEC 23003-1 [26] IEC 61937-11 [21]
0x06 MPEG-4 AAC LC ISO/IEC 14496-3 [25] IEC 61937-11 [21]
0x07 DRA GB/T 22726 [38] IEC 61937-12 [22]
MPEG-4 HE AAC + ISO/IEC 14496-3 [25],
0x08 IEC 61937-11 [21]
MPEG Surround ISO/IEC 23003-1 [26]
0x09 Reserved
MPEG-4 AAC LC + ISO/IEC 14496-3 [25],
0x0A IEC 61937-11 [21]
MPEG Surround ISO/IEC 23003-1 [26]
0x0B MPEG-H 3D Audio ISO/IEC 23008-3 [43] IEC 61937-13 [46]
0x0C AC-4 ETSI TS 103 190 [45] IEC 61937-14 [47]
0x0D L-PCM 3D Audio IEC 60958-3 [48]
0x0E – 0x1F Reserved

Table 1 Additional Audio Format Code Extension Values (Data Byte 3)

4 System H 22.2
Table 2, shown below, modifies Table 64 in section 7.5.2 of CTA-861-G, and a new paragraph
is added:

bits
Byte# 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
1 F17=0 Audio Format Code=1111 Max Number of channels - 1
2 F27=0 F26=0 F25=0 96 kHz 88.2 kHz 48 kHz 44.1 kHz 32 kHz
22.2ch
3 Audio Coding Extension Type Code 1024_TL 960_TL
SysH

Table 2 CTA Short Audio Descriptor for Audio Coding Extension Type Codes 4 to 6

For audio format extension type code value 6 (decimal), bit 0 of Data Byte 3 (see Table
2) is used to indicate support for 22.2 multichannel sound. If ITU-R BS.2051 [105]
System H 22.2 multichannel sound is supported, bit 0 shall be set to 1. For audio format
extension type code values 4 & 5 (decimal), bit 0 of Data Byte 3 (see Table 2) is not
used and shall be set to zero.

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5 MPEG-H 3D Audio
Table 3, shown below, modifies Table 66 in section 7.5.2 of CTA-861-G, and a new Table,
Table 4, as well as a new paragraph are added:

bits
Byte# 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
1 F17=0 Audio Format Code=1111 MPEG-H 3D Audio Level
2 F27=0 192 kHz 176.4 kHz 96 kHz 88.2 kHz 48 kHz 44.1 kHz 32 kHz
3 Audio Coding Extension Type Code=0x0B F32=0 F31=0 LCP

Table 3 CTA Short Audio Descriptor for Audio Extension Type Code 11 (MPEG-H 3D
Audio)

Bit of Byte #3
MPEG-H 3DA Level
2 1 0
0 0 0 Unspecified
0 0 1 Level 1
0 1 0 Level 2
0 1 1 Level 3
1 0 0 Level 4
1 0 1 Level 5
1 1 0 Reserved
1 1 1 Reserved

Table 4 MPEG-H 3D Audio Level

For audio format extension type code value 11 (decimal), bits 2, 1, and 0 of Data Byte 1
(see Table 3) are used to indicate the maximal supported MPEG-H 3D Audio level as
defined in Table 4. Bit 0 of Data Byte 3 is used to indicate support for the MPEG-H 3D
Audio Low Complexity Profile.

6 HDMI Reference
Table 5, shown below, modifies Table 57 in section 7.5 of CTA-861-G, and a new informative
reference, [B], is added:

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Extended Tag
Type of Data Block
Codes
0 Video Capability Data Block
1 Vendor-Specific Video Data Block
2 VESA Display Device Data Block [100]
3 VESA Video Timing Block Extension
4 Reserved for HDMI Video Data Block
5 Colorimetry Data Block
6 HDR Static Metadata Data Block
7 HDR Dynamic Metadata Data Block
8…12 Reserved for video-related blocks
13 Video Format Preference Data Block
14 YCBCR 4:2:0 Video Data Block
15 YCBCR 4:2:0 Capability Map Data Block
16 Reserved for CTA Miscellaneous Audio Fields
17 Vendor-Specific Audio Data Block
18 HDMI Audio Data Block [B]
19 Room Configuration Data Block
20 Speaker Location Data Block
21…31 Reserved for audio-related blocks
32 InfoFrame Data Block (includes one or more Short InfoFrame Descriptors)
33…255 Reserved

Table 5 CTA Data Block Tag Codes

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7 Speaker Names
Table 6, shown below, modifies Table 29 in section 6.6 of CTA-861-G:

InfoFrame Type
InfoFrame Type = 0x04
Code
InfoFrame
Version = 0x01
Version Number
Length of Audio
Length of Audio InfoFrame = 10
InfoFrame
Data Byte 1 CT3 CT2 CT1 CT0 F13=0 CC2 CC1 CC0
Data Byte 2 F27=0 F26=0 F25=0 SF2 SF1 SF0 SS1 SS0
Data Byte 3 F37=0 F36=0 F35=0 CXT4 CXT3 CXT2 CXT1 CXT0
Data Byte 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
Data Byte 5 DM_INH LSV3 LSV2 LSV1 LSV0 F52=0 LFEPBL1 LFEPBL0
FLw/
Data Byte 6 F66=01 FLc/ FRc BC BL/BR FC LFE1 FL/FR
FRw
TpSiL/ SiL/ TpFL/
Data Byte 7 TpBC LFE2 LS/RS TpFC TpC
TpSiR SiR TpFR
BtFL/ TpBL/
Data Byte 8 F87=0 F86=0 F85=0 F84=0 F83=02 BtFC
BtFR TpBR
Data Byte 9 F97=0 F96=0 F95=0 F94=0 F93=0 F92=0 F91=0 F90=0
Data Byte 10 F107=0 F106=0 F105=0 F104=0 F103=0 F102=0 F101=0 F100=0

Table 6 Audio InfoFrame Format When Byte 4 is 0xFE

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Use of F66 for RLC/RRC has been deprecated. Sources shall direct audio intended for these channels to BL/BR,
which are logically the same speaker positions. Legacy Sources shall not set both RLC/RRC and BL/BR and shall not
transmit data in both pairs of channels simultaneously. Legacy Sinks shall support reception of both RLC/RRC and
BL/BR data; if data is sent simultaneously to both pairs of channels, Sinks shall ignore the data in RLC/RRC. Future
use of F66 for other speaker positions is reserved.

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Use of F83 for TpLS/TpRS has been deprecated. Future use of F83 for other speaker positions is reserved.

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Table 7, shown below, modifies Table 30 in section 6.6 of CTA-861-G:

InfoFrame Type
InfoFrame Type = 0x04
Code
InfoFrame
Version = 0x01
Version Number
Length of Audio
Length of Audio InfoFrame = 10
InfoFrame
Data Byte 1 CT3 CT2 CT1 CT0 F13=0 CC2 CC1 CC0
Data Byte 2 F27=0 F26=0 F25=0 SF2 SF1 SF0 SS1 SS0
Data Byte 3 F37=0 F36=0 F35=0 CXT4 CXT3 CXT2 CXT1 CXT0
Data Byte 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Data Byte 5 DM_INH LSV3 LSV2 LSV1 LSV0 F52=0 LFEPBL1 LFEPBL0
Data Byte 6 CID07 CID06 CID05 CID04 CID03 CID02 CID01 CID00
Data Byte 7 CID15 CID14 CID13 CID12 CID11 CID10 CID09 CID08
Data Byte 8 CID23 CID22 CID21 CID20 CID19 CID18 CID17 CID16
Data Byte 9 CID31 CID30 CID29 CID28 CID27 CID26 CID25 CID24
Data Byte 10 F107=0 F106=0 F105=0 F104=0 F103=0 F102=0 F101=0 F100=0

Table 7 Audio InfoFrame Format When Byte 4 is 0xFF

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Figure 1 shown below, replaces Figure 6 in section 6.6.2 of CTA-861-G:

BtFL BtFC BtFR

LFE1 LFE2

FL FLc FC FRc FR

FLw FRw

TpFL TpFC TpFR

SiL SiR

TpSiL TpC TpSiR

LS RS

Top Layer TpBL TpBC TpBR

Middle Layer

Bottom Layer BL BC BR

Figure 1 Speaker Placement

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Table 8, shown below, modifies Table 34 in section 6.6.2 of CTA-861-G:

Label Position Description Code

FL Front Left 0x00
FR Front Right 0x01
FC Front Center 0x02
LFE1 Low Frequency Effects 1 0x03
BL Back Left 0x04
BR Back Right 0x05
FLc Front Left of Center 0x06
FRc Front Right of Center 0x07
BC Back Center 0x08
LFE2 Low Frequency Effects 2 0x09
SiL Side Left 0x0A
SiR Side Right 0x0B
TpFL Top Front Left 0x0C
TpFR Top Front Right 0x0D
TpFC Top Front Center 0x0E
TpC Top Center 0x0F
TpBL Top Back Left 0x10
TpBR Top Back Right 0x11
TpSiL Top Side Left 0x12
TpSiR Top Side Right 0x13
TpBC Top Back Center 0x14
BtFC Bottom Front Center 0x15
BtFL Bottom Front Left 0x16
BtFR Bottom Front Right 0x17
FLw Front Left Wide 0x18
FRw Front Right Wide 0x19
LS Left Surround 0x1A
RS Right Surround 0x1B
reserved 0x1C
reserved 0x1D
reserved 0x1E
reserved 0x1F

Table 8 Speaker Placement

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Table 9, shown below, modifies Table 35 in section 6.6.2 of CTA-861-G:

CA CA
Channel Number
(binary) (hex)
7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0x00 - - - - - - FR FL
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0x01 - - - - - LFE1 FR FL
0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0x02 - - - - FC - FR FL
0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0x03 - - - - FC LFE1 FR FL
0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0x04 - - - BC - - FR FL
0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0x05 - - - BC - LFE1 FR FL
0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0x06 - - - BC FC - FR FL
0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0x07 - - - BC FC LFE1 FR FL
0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0x08 - - RS LS - - FR FL
0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0x09 - - RS LS - LFE1 FR FL
0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0x0A - - RS LS FC - FR FL
0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0x0B - - RS LS FC LFE1 FR FL
0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0x0C - BC RS LS - - FR FL
0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0x0D - BC RS LS - LFE1 FR FL
0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0x0E - BC RS LS FC - FR FL
0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0x0F - BC RS LS FC LFE1 FR FL
0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0x10 BR BL3 RS LS - - FR FL
0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0x11 BR BL RS LS - LFE1 FR FL
0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0x12 BR BL RS LS FC - FR FL
0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0x13 BR BL RS LS FC LFE1 FR FL
0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0x14 FRc FLc - - - - FR FL
0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0x15 FRc FLc - - - LFE1 FR FL
0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0x16 FRc FLc - - FC - FR FL
0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0x17 FRc FLc - - FC LFE1 FR FL
0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0x18 FRc FLc - BC - - FR FL
0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0x19 FRc FLc - BC - LFE1 FR FL
0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0x1A FRc FLc - BC FC - FR FL
0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0x1B FRc FLc - BC FC LFE1 FR FL
0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0x1C FRc FLc RS LS - - FR FL
0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0x1D FRc FLc RS LS - LFE1 FR FL
0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0x1E FRc FLc RS LS FC - FR FL
0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0x1F FRc FLc RS LS FC LFE1 FR FL
0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0x20 - TpFC RS LS FC - FR FL
0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0x21 - TpFC RS LS FC LFE1 FR FL
0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0x22 TpC - RS LS FC - FR FL
0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0x23 TpC - RS LS FC LFE1 FR FL
0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0x24 TpFR TpFL RS LS - - FR FL
0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0x25 TpFR TpFL RS LS - LFE1 FR FL
0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0x26 FRw FLw RS LS - - FR FL

3 Speaker positions RLC/RRC for CA=0x10-0x13 have been replaced by BL/BR, respectively. RLC/RRC have been
deprecated as unique speaker locations as BL/BR are logically the same speaker locations. This does change the
functionality of the Legacy mapping of speaker locations to transmission channels. For Table 35, this is a
documentation change only.

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CA CA
Channel Number
(binary) (hex)
0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0x27 FRw FLw RS LS - LFE1 FR FL
0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0x28 TpC BC RS LS FC - FR FL
0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0x29 TpC BC RS LS FC LFE1 FR FL
0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0x2A TpFC BC RS LS FC - FR FL
0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0x2B TpFC BC RS LS FC LFE1 FR FL
0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0x2C TpC TpFC RS LS FC - FR FL
0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0x2D TpC TpFC RS LS FC LFE1 FR FL
0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0x2E TpFR TpFL RS LS FC - FR FL
0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0x2F TpFR TpFL RS LS FC LFE1 FR FL
0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0x30 FRw FLw RS LS FC - FR FL
0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0x31 FRw FLw RS LS FC LFE1 FR FL
0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0x32

… Reserved

1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0xFD
Channels delivered according to the Speaker Mask (see
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0xFE
section 6.6.3)
Channels delivered according to Channel Index (see
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0xFF
section 6.6.4)

Table 9 Audio InfoFrame Data Byte 4

Table 10, shown below, modifies Table 69 in section 7.5.3 of CTA-861-G:

bits
Byte# 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
FLw/
1 F16=04 FLc/FRc BC BL/BR FC LFE1 FL/FR
FRw
TpSiL/ TpFL/
2 SiL/SiR TpBC LFE2 LS/RS TpFC TpC
TpSiR TpFR
BtFL/ TpBL/
3 F37=0 F36=0 F35=0 F34=0 F33=05 BtFC
BtFR TpBR

Table 10 Speaker Allocation Data Block Payload

4Use of F16 for RLC/RRC has been deprecated. RLC/RRC are considered to be logically the same speaker
positions as BL/BC. Legacy Sinks might use RLC/RRC instead of BL/BR; Sources shall route audio intended for
RLC/RRC to BL/BR. See Table 29 and Table 35. Future use of F16 for other speaker positions is reserved.

5 Use of F33 for TpLS/TpRS has been deprecated. Future use of F33 for other speaker positions is reserved.

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Table 11, shown below, modifies Table 91 in section 7.5.15 of CTA-861-G:

Byte # 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
1 Tag Code = 7 Length of following block payload (bytes)
2 Extended Tag Code (0x13)
3 Display Speaker SLD Speaker Count
SPM1 FLw/FRw F46=06 FLc/FRc BC BL/BR FC LFE1 FL/FR
SPM2 TpSiL/TpSiR SiL/SiR TpBC LFE2 LS/RS TpFC TpC TpFL/TpFR
SPM3 F67=0 F66=0 F65=0 F64=0 F63=07 BtFL/BtFR BtFC TpBL/TpBR
MAX1 Xmax
MAX2 Ymax
MAX3 Zmax
DISP1 DisplayX
DISP2 DisplayY
DISP3 DisplayZ

Table 11 Room Configuration Data Block

6Use of F46 for RLC/RRC has been deprecated. RLC/RRC are considered to be logically the same speaker
positions as BL/BC. Legacy Sinks might use RLC/RRC instead of BL/BR; Sources shall route audio intended for
RLC/RRC to BL/BR. See Table 29 and Table 35. Future use of F46 for other speaker positions is reserved.

7 Use of F63 for TpLS/TpRS has been deprecated. Future use of F63 for other speaker positions is reserved.

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Table 12, shown below, is modifying Table 140 in annex K of CTA-861-G, and the preceding
paragraph is modified:

Table 140 compares the speaker placements of SMPTE 2035 [63] to the CTA-861
standard. There is general agreement between 5.1 channels – although the exact audio
channel descriptions and abbreviations are slightly different. CTA-861 channels that
have no direct equivalents to SMPTE 2035 are not listed.

SMPTE 2035 [63] CTA-861

Audio channel Abbreviation Abbreviation Audio Channel
Left L FL Front Left
Center C FC Front Center
Right R FR Front Right
Left surround LS LS Left Surround
Right surround RS RS Right Surround
Low-frequency effects LFE LFE1 Low Frequency Effect
Mono surround MS BC Back Center
Mono surround at a --3 dB level MS (-3dB)
Left total Lt
Right total Rt
Stereo left Lo
Stereo right Ro
Monophonic M
Freely usable F
Unassigned / unused U

Table 12 SMPTE/CTA Audio Channel Description & Abbreviation Comparison

Table 13, shown below, is modifying Table 141 in annex K of CTA-861-G:

Channel SMPTE 2035 CTA-861

1 L FL
2 R FR
3 C LFE1
4 LFE FC
5 LS LS, BC
6 RS RS
BL, BC, FLc, SiL, TpFL, TpFC, TpBL, TpSiL,
7 Lt or Lo
TpBC, BtFL, FLw
BR, LFE2, FRc, SiR, TpFR, TpC, TpBR,
8 Rt or Ro
TpSiR, BtFC, BtFR, FRw

Table 13 SMPTE/CTA Audio Channel Assignment Comparison for CA=0x00-0x31

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Table 14, shown below, is modifying Table 143 in annex Q of CTA-861-G:

ISO/IEC 62574
and CTA-861-G Position Description CTA-861-F Label
Label
FL Front Left FL
FR Front Right FR
FC Front Center FC
LFE1 Low Frequency Effects 1 LFE
BL Back Left RLC
BR Back Right RRC
FLc Front Left of Center FLC
FRc Front Right of Center FRC
BC Back Center RC
LFE2 Low Frequency Effects 2
SiL Side Left
SiR Side Right
TpFL Top Front Left FLH8
TpFR Top Front Right FRH
TpFC Top Front Center FCH
TpC Top Center TC
TpBL Top Back Left
TpBR Top Back Right
TpSiL Top Side Left
TpSiR Top Side Right
TpBC Top Back Center
BtFC Bottom Front Center
BtFL Bottom Front Left
BtFR Bottom Front Right
FLw Front Left Wide FLW
FRw Front Right Wide FRW
LS Left Surround RL
RS Right Surround RR
Table 14 Speaker Label Changes from CTA-861-F to CTA-861-G

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In IEC 62574 [42] labeling, Top Channels (Tp) are equivalent to Height (H) in various naming conventions.

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