[Gllug] Ogg Vorbis encoding

[David Irvine]

On Mon, 2001-10-22 at 23:38, John Davies wrote:
> > Whats the
> > advantages/Disadvantages of .ogg'ing
> > rather than .mp3'ing?  Am i correct in saying that
> > you get the same
> > quality  for less bps in  .ogg than  mp3?
> >From a technical standpoint that is true (supposedly).
> Ogg has a better "pyscho-acoustic" model than mp3 so
> it should sound better. I think independent tests have
> proved this - but maybe not conclusively.

Now you mention it, i do find oggs sound alittle  better up loud in the
car, the bass isnt as prone to clipping.
> 
> The reason that I use it is that it is unencumbered by
> patents and is free as in free speech.

That i did not know.
> 
> A disadvantage of ogg is that it is slower to encode a
> file than some of the mp3 encoders.
 
Heh yeah i thought it took a little longer to encode using oggenc. I just put it down to not  being on  a super fast computer :D

Cheers

David



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