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Meeting Report: 27 August 2026 – AGM & Dr Rodney Staples on A/V Sync

2026/08/272026/08/27Paolo Menolotto

On Monday 17th August, the Section held its AGM via Zoom, where reports from the Chairman and the Treasurer were received, and the 2026/27 Section Committee was elected.

Full AGM details at https://aesmelbourne.org.au/2026-agm/ .

Following the brief AGM, Dr Rodney Staples presented on the topic of:

Editing in MP4 and Audio Synch

Vice-Chair Paolo Menolotto introduced Rodney, outlining his long career in communications and audio engineering ultimately leading to his lecturing in audio and multimedia production at RMIT University, as well as his contribution to the Section Committee over a long period.

Photo of Dr Rodney Staples presenting on Zoom — Rodney Staples presents via Zoom

Rodney started his presentation by explaining the video focus of the presentation was warranted by the observation that the audio part of television is where the system breaks the most. He recounted the transition of broadcast television from legacy MPEG-2 to MPEG-4 coding as a way of adding more channels, and that MPEG-4 is also ubiquitous in streaming and messaging applications like Zoom.

graphic representation of a basic MP4 file format

graphic representation of a fragmented MP$ file: streaming

2026 Annual General Meeting

2026/08/192026/08/19Secretary

The AES Melbourne Section held its 2026 AGM on Monday 17th August at 7:30 pm via Zoom.

The Vice-Chair Paolo Menolloto chaired the meeting, as the Chairman Graeme Huon was unwell.
Paolo presented Graeme’s Chairman’s Report on the Section’s activities for the year. This can be viewed at:
https://www.aesmelbourne.org.au/wp-content/media/AES_Chairman_report_2026.p df

Meeting Notice: August 2026 – AGM & Editing in MP4 and Audio Synch

2026/07/282026/07/28Paolo Menolotto

The next meeting of the AES Melbourne Section will be an online event held on Monday 17^th August 2026 via Zoom.

It will commence at 7:30pm AEST with a brief Section Annual General Meeting which will feature reports from the Chairman and the Treasurer, followed by the election of Section Officers and Committee Members for the 2026/27 year.

Bookings are required – please book at https://www.trybooking.com/DOABA

Then at approx 7:45pm AEST Dr Rodney Staples will present on the topic of: