Re: Bug#158631: ITP: mp32ogg -- Converts mp3 file to Ogg Vorbis
Le Wed, Aug 28, 2002 at 09:17:52AM -0700, Craig Dickson a écrit:
> Julien Danjou wrote:
>
> > Package: wnpp
> > Version: N/A; reported 2002-08-28
> > Severity: wishlist
> >
> > * Package name : mp32ogg
> > Version : 0.11
> > Upstream Author : Nathan Walp <faceprint@faceprint.com>
> > * URL : http://faceprint.com/software.phtml
> > * License : Artistic License
> > Description : Converts mp3 file to Ogg Vorbis
>
> Aside from the possible legal difficulties involved in adding to Debian
> yet another program that needs or incorporates an mp3 decoder, I object
> to this program on the grounds of stupidity. Transcoding from mp3 to
> vorbis cannot improve sound quality,
Nobody says that.
> and will almost certainly degrade
> it, since the resulting vorbis file will retain all the mp3 artifacts
> and add vorbis artifacts as well (which are admittedly much more subtle
> than mp3 artifacts, but still quite real). It is much better to
> re-encode from the original source material if at all possible; if you
> can't do that, and can't leave it in mp3 format for whatever reason,
> then transcoding to vorbis is as easy as converting the mp3's to .wav
> format and then running them through oggenc. This is so trivial that
> there's no need for a dedicated program in the Debian repository to do
> it.
Maybe, but why not ?
I think such scripts are looked by users.
> Whenever the subject of mp3->vorbis (or wma->vorbis, or any other lossy
> codec to vorbis) transcoding comes up on the vorbis mailing list, the
> reaction from the vorbis developers and the more knowledgeable vorbis
> users is "don't do it". Aside from the effect on quality, the vorbis
> developers are also concerned with the effect on vorbis's reputation of
> the P2P sharing networks becoming flooded with crappy-sounding
> mp3->vorbis transcoded files.
Maybe, but I think lots of people will have to convert mp3 to vorbis if mp3
decoder dispear from Debian.
mp32ogg is the way to help us.
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