Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] Re: Ogg Vorbis (was: Re: gogo)
From: Ross Vandegrift (ross_AT_willow.seitz.com)
Date: Tue Nov 06 2001 - 08:04:22 EET
> > >From what I have read, not only is Ogg a free alternative to MP3 (which
> > technically requires royalties to be paid to the fraunhofer institute
> > when encoding MP3s) it is also superior in quality (at the same bit
> > rate). I haven't tested it thoroughly yet, but it looks like the next
> > lossy audio compression of choice for streaming as well as sharing of
> > music.
> >
>
> Once again to my ears ogg does sound better. Maybe it's a psycho open
> source phenomena ;P
Actually no. Though I couldn't produce any references if asked, I do
believe I've read some people say that Ogg Vorbis's psychoacoustic
model is superior. To my ears as well Ogg Vorbis with a nominal bitrate
of 256kbps beats MP3's, even out of LAME.
Ross Vandegrift
ross_AT_willow.seitz.com
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