Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] AC3 encoder for Linux? AAC vs MP3 vs MP2 quality :-)
From: Juhana Sadeharju (kouhia_AT_nic.funet.fi)
Date: ti tammi 11 2000 - 15:17:20 EST
>From: Paul Barton-Davis <pbd_AT_Op.Net>
>>>Is there a way to embed loop information in a mp3 anyway? Maybe mpeg-4.
>>
>>I think no. Last time I checked Saol (part of mpeg4) they didn't think
>>about those issues.
>
>Not a very fair comment. Saol is much more powerful than MP3. There
>are lots of ways to embed loop information in it. However, its not a
>compression scheme designed for conversion of pre-existing audio.
I mean I suggested that the sample data in the stream could be mp3 as well.
When I mentioned about skippings and cuts when a finite audio stream
is encoded, they wanted to wait until mpeg4 was finished. I understand
this like they are planning to patch the standard afterwards.
Juhana
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