[MP3 ENCODER] sound quality tests

1999-07-08 Thread Conrad Sanderson
I did some listening tests last night using lame v3.13. I decompressed the mp3 files (using mpg123 0.59q) onto a CD and played them on a recent stereo, using decent headphones for analysis. My ears are still fairly young (i'm 24), although I'm sure they got slightly zapped with all the nightcl

Re: [MP3 ENCODER] .wav problems

1999-07-08 Thread Mark Taylor
> > The Resource Intercharge File Format (RIFF) Wave file has > the following structure: > > 4 character code "RIFF" > 4 Bytes, length of data field >Bytes of Data > > The field of a "RIFF" chunk has the following format > > specify

Re: [MP3 ENCODER] quantize_xrpow speedup

1999-07-08 Thread Mark Taylor
> > Hi all, > I never get around to optimizing the bit i'm working on, so i optimized > quantize_xrpow instead of finalising the mdct thing. > > This is a speedup for quantize_xrpow that is sort of taken from my old > quantize() speedup [see lame3.11 or previous]. > This

Re: [MP3 ENCODER] "clicking" at start of file

1999-07-08 Thread Mark Taylor
> > While there may well be a problem with how LAME handles .wav files, there > are also issues with starting sound playback under linux (at least on my > soundcard). Whenever an application opens the audio device and starts > playback, I get a nasty "click" -- regardless of what the sound file i

Re: [MP3 ENCODER] "clicking" at start of file

1999-07-08 Thread Scott Manley
> While there may well be a problem with how LAME handles .wav files, there > are also issues with starting sound playback under linux (at least on my > soundcard). Whenever an application opens the audio device and starts > playback, I get a nasty "click" -- regardless of what the sound file is

[MP3 ENCODER] "clicking" at start of file

1999-07-08 Thread Mike Oliphant
While there may well be a problem with how LAME handles .wav files, there are also issues with starting sound playback under linux (at least on my soundcard). Whenever an application opens the audio device and starts playback, I get a nasty "click" -- regardless of what the sound file is Mike

Re: [MP3 ENCODER] .wav problems

1999-07-08 Thread Robert Hegemann
> Subchunk; 4cc "fmt " for .WAV files > 4 Bytes, length of data field > Stereo/Mono, kHz, etc. I forgot to say that in this "fmt " chunk it is coded which type the wave data is: MP3, PCM, ... But donĀ“t ask me how it is coded. Robert -- MP3 ENCODER mai

Re: [MP3 ENCODER] .wav problems

1999-07-08 Thread Robert Hegemann
The Resource Intercharge File Format (RIFF) Wave file has the following structure: 4 character code "RIFF" 4 Bytes, length of data field Bytes of Data The field of a "RIFF" chunk has the following format specifying the format of the da