At 12:35 PM 8/21/2003 -0400, Steve wrote:
>Marty:
>
>I thought perhaps people were afraid to reawaken the discussion of the
>advantages and problems of
>compression schemes in general.
>
>I just now looked at a couple web sites and one big advantage of the Ogg
>Vorbis from my perspective is that I can get source code for it and figure
>out exactly how it works and what it does. It isn't "secret" as some schemes
>are.
>
>I'm happy to do this if there's enough interest among group members; though
>probably there's someone out there who's already done so.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Steve P
and also Matt wrote:
Ogg Vorbis is better quality than MP3 with smaller file sizes, and no-one
owns the copyrights to it. There are plenty of apps now which support it
( and hardware support for portable players etc. is beginning to happen ),
and conversions are easy. All round better in my opinion
Matt
and also Jan L. wrote:
;=) I'd think people are tired of hearing about codec:s ....
Ogg is the conatiner file format. Vorbis is one of the codecs than can
be used with it. From my limited experience I'd say Vorbis is about
equal to MP3 with the advantage of being open source and free from
patents. Its a lossy codec.
There is also a non-lossy codec for Ogg. Called FLAC. It returns the
same bits that goes in.
/Jan L.
Thank you all for such a response. We are looking into sound file options
for the next version of EnjoyBirds. The CD is currently nearly full with
large images (uncompressed BMP type files) and WAV files of 830 plus
species, and going to MP3 will make a lot more room for more stuff, but the
code costs a modest bundle.
I'll keep you all posted.
Marty Michener
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