Re: mp3 players
Hall Stevenson wrote:
> Where can I read more about Ogg Vorbis ??
http://www.vorbis.com
http://www.xiph.com/vorbis
> I'm curious exactly how it's "superior" to mp3...
They claim to have a better psychoacoustic model, among other things. In
my experience, Vorbis handles lower bit rates much better than mp3, and
is somewhat better at higher bit rates as well. I don't find mp3 very
listenable below 192kb/sec, but a Vorbis file with an average bit rate
(all Vorbis files are variable bit-rate) of 128kb/sec is pretty decent.
> It looks like "vorbis-tools" is the package I need to download and try
> out.
Yes. oggenc is the command-line encoder (takes a .au or .wav file as input)
and ogg123 is the command-line player.
The Vorbis plug-in in xmms is probably out of date. Check vorbis.com for
a newer one. Vorbis 1.0 RC1 just came out recently.
Craig
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