Package: libvorbis Severity: wishlist Version: 1.1.2.dfsg-1.2 Tags: patch
Would be nice to include aoTuV [1] patch to libvorbis. aoTuV is an improved libvorbis encoder, that, while keeping ABI compatibility, gives many improvement: * better quality at all bitrates versus libvorbis-1.1.2 [2], giving aoTuV better quality than other codecs (AAC, MP3, MPC, WMA, ...) [3]; * support of quality down to -2 (32kb/s at 44kHz stereo), versus -1 (45kb/s at 44kHz stereo) of libvorbis-1.1.x; * encoding speed 10% better thanks to the included Vorbis-OptSort [4] patch (improve ordering loop). aoTuV Release 1 is the 'stable' release, while aoTuV beta 5 is the latest 'beta' release. aoTuV versions have been tested and found to have a better quality by the audio community (especially on hydrogenaudio forum [5]) and this is the reccomended vorbis encoder [6]. Note that, e.g., ffmpeg2theora binaries [7] already includes aoTuV beta 5 patch. [1] aoTuV site: www.geocities.jp/aoyoume/aotuv/ [2] comparison of aoTuV beta 4 vs libvorbis-1.1.x: http://wiki.xiph.org/index.php/VorbisEncoders [3] Wikipedia test of vorbis vs other codecs: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vorbis#Codec_comparisons [4] http://www.cug.net/~manuke/vorbis-optsort-en.html [5] hydrogenaudio forum: http://www.hydrogenaudio.org [6] Recommended Ogg Vorbis: http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Recommended_Ogg_Vorbis [7] http://www.v2v.cc/~j/ffmpeg2theora/
