Jonathan D Proulx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: JDP> On Sun, Jul 15, 2001 at 09:42:31PM +0200, Joost Kooij wrote: JDP> :Better is to use the ogg format instead of mp3. Ogg is free. JDP> :It is also said to be technically better. Install vorbis-tools. JDP> JDP> I did run across that, where "technically better" == lossless
Ogg Vorbis certainly isn't lossless; the claim is that it sounds better at the same bitrate, or equivalently that you need a lower bitrate for the same sound quality. I think MP3 is typically fixed bitrate, whereas Vorbis uses a variable bitrate. JDP> For my current streaming purposes I converted the files to realaudio JDP> (even worse than mp3 from a freesoftware perspective), I'll need to JDP> review ogg support in main stream clients before comitting... Current xmms supports it. It looks like there's now a Windows Media plugin; the FAQ on http://www.vorbis.com/ lists several Windows players, along with xmms, freeamp, and ogg123 for Un*x. -- David Maze [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://people.debian.org/~dmaze/ "Theoretical politics is interesting. Politicking should be illegal." -- Abra Mitchell
