Re: Bug#292105: ITP: libmusepack -- Musepack (MPC) format decoder library

[Rob Weir <rweir@ertius.org>]

On Mon, Jan 24, 2005 at 11:16:08PM -0600, Joe Wreschnig said
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> * Package name    : libmusepack
>   Version         : 1.1
>   Upstream Author : The Musepack Development Team
> * URL             : http://www.musepack.net
> * License         : 3-clause BSD
>   Description     : Musepack (MPC) format decoder library
> 
> libmusepack allows you to decode files in the Musepack audio format,
> which usually use the 'mpc' extension. MPC is a lossy compression format
> like MP3 or Ogg Vorbis. It is based on the MPEG-1 Layer-2 / MP2 algorithms,
> but has vastly improved.

This sounds interesting, but perhaps you could elaborate on how it is
vastly improved?  Better quality for the same bitrate?  Less distortion?
Lower bitrate/same quality?  etc.

-rob

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