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Oh, I DEFINATLEY know about Vorbis. They have a mailing list
([EMAIL PROTECTED]) that i'm a member of. They're up to Beta 4 right now, and
Beta 4 WAS to be a Release Candidate, but it isn't. :-/ Quality and speed
are on a great upward exponential curve, and with support from gaming
companies (Electronic Gaming), I think Vorbis might just topple MP3.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Hooper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2001 1:48 PM
Subject: Re: MD: MP3's vs MD.
>
> [snip]
> > Looking from a purely technical standpoint, ATRAC
> > beats MP3. ATRAC is fully reverse and forward compatible, and is
> constantly
> > updated with new revisions. MP3 has been the same since the MPEG1 Audio
> > standard was made back in the late '80s.
> > --
> > Robert J. Lynn, Jr.
> > Brainbench Certified Computer Technician, Linux Administrator, and
Master
> > Windows 98 User
>
> With a signature like that, I bet you know all about Ogg Vorbis !
>
> Has anyone discussed Ogg Vorbis on this list? It's a royalty-and-patent
> free alternative (lifestyle) to MP3 developed in an open-source community.
> It shares the advantages of MP3, and loses some of the disadvantages,
namely
> it is fully reverse and forward compatible, is constantly (or rather I
> should say continually) updated with new revisions and features better
> compression algorithms than MP3.
> On paper at least. Ogg Vorbis is still going through extensive beta
testing
> before it is officially 'released' - and shortly after the release the
> folks the developers are planning to set up double-blind and A/B/X
> audiophile tests
>
> http://www.vorbis.com or http://www.xiph.org for information if you're
> interested in finding out more about this fledging audio format (which is
> supported in Sonique, FreeAmp, WinAmp, GoldWave, etc and some upcoming
> portable audio players)
>
> I guess that makes this post slightly off topic. This will help remedy
> that:
> "MiniDiscs are THE CHEAPEST rewriteable media for natural-sounding
portable
> audio"
> (that's a fact, right? unless you're going to argue with my definition of
> 'natural-sounding' )
>
>
> Dave
>
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