Re: [MP3 ENCODER] GA/GP

2000-05-08 Thread Ras-Sol
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Mark Stier wrote: > > > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > > > Hello, > > > > have you ever thought of setting up a distributed Genetic > > Programming network which lets you optimize or even find algorithms > > suitable for music/speech compression 'automatical

Re: [MP3 ENCODER] free format bitstreams

2000-05-08 Thread Naoki Shibata
Gabriel> Winamp 2.6, new in-mpg123 for winamp, Nad 0.93, Sonique 1.51, AudioActive Gabriel> 1.93b, K-Jofol 0.6, Digideck 0.82, Winplay3 2.3, ActiveMovie/MediaPlayer Gabriel> 6.4, Xing MPEG player : all failed (quite disappointing) Sorry, next version of in_mpg123 will support free format bitst

Re: [MP3 ENCODER] GA/GP

2000-05-08 Thread Robert Hegemann
Mark Stier schrieb am Son, 07 Mai 2000: > Hello, > > have you ever thought of setting up a distributed Genetic > Programming network which lets you optimize or even find algorithms > suitable for music/speech compression 'automatically'? > > Maybe one could find algorithms that are even better t

Re: [MP3 ENCODER] -F not working in LAME 3.80

2000-05-08 Thread Robert Hegemann
Alberto García schrieb am Die, 09 Mai 2000: > Hi, I found '-F' switch not working in LAME 3.80. > > It's just a silly bug: in line 628 of parse.c the '=1' assingment > is missing. is fixed already in 3.81 > > By the way, I've just found a little sample where, after > enconding, the

[MP3 ENCODER] -F not working in LAME 3.80

2000-05-08 Thread Alberto García
Hi, I found '-F' switch not working in LAME 3.80. It's just a silly bug: in line 628 of parse.c the '=1' assingment is missing. By the way, I've just found a little sample where, after enconding, there's a 48 kbps frame, and I used the '-b 96' setting (without '-F'). Is

Re: [MP3 ENCODER] Lame 3.80 Vrb q:

2000-05-08 Thread Robert Hegemann
Mark Taylor schrieb am Die, 09 Mai 2000: > I was able to reproduce this, and it looks like it is not ISO buffer > related (thankfully!). The side channel reduction algorithm which > moves bits from the side channel to the mid channel, was letting the > mid channel exceed 4095. (which is a limit

Re: [MP3 ENCODER] Lame 3.80 Vrb q:

2000-05-08 Thread Mark Taylor
> > OK, all mpg123 based players have trouble with such encoded files: > > lame -b320 -h -mj t.wav t.mp3 > > resulting in lots of drop outs while playing back. > But not only mpg123 based ones like xmms have trouble, > freeamp doesn't like them too. > Maybe we have to force using st

Re: [MP3 ENCODER] Mp3 encoders quality tests

2000-05-08 Thread George
What do You recommend to me? Use the in_mp3.dll of v2.22? I stand to use Winamp because is the most extended Mp3 player. But I accept ideas. George - Original Message - From: "David Balazic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, May 08, 2000 9

Re: [MP3 ENCODER] GA/GP

2000-05-08 Thread Mythos
Mark Stier wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hello, > > have you ever thought of setting up a distributed Genetic > Programming network which lets you optimize or even find algorithms > suitable for music/speech compression 'automatically'? > > Maybe one could find algorithms t

Re: [MP3 ENCODER] Lame 3.80 Vrb q:

2000-05-08 Thread Robert Hegemann
Mark Taylor schrieb am Mon, 08 Mai 2000: > >From discussions here, I think it is safe to remove this restriction > but make an option to turn it back on. I liked the one suggestion > of something hard to type like: "--strictly-enforce-ISO" :-) > > I tested a couple of players and they didn't ha

Re: [MP3 ENCODER] Lame 3.80 Vrb q:

2000-05-08 Thread Greg Maxwell
On Mon, 8 May 2000, Mark Taylor wrote: [snip] > From discussions here, I think it is safe to remove this restriction > but make an option to turn it back on. I liked the one suggestion > of something hard to type like: "--strictly-enforce-ISO" :-) [snip] How about --iso-me-harder ? -- MP3 ENC

Re: [MP3 ENCODER] Lame 3.80 Vrb q:

2000-05-08 Thread Mark Taylor
> > Hello Mark, > > Monday, May 08, 2000, 9:37:38 PM, you wrote: > > MT> So lame3.81, which ignroes the 7680 bit buffer limitation will > MT> be out in a few hours. If you dont like the "informative message" > MT> try it out. > > mmm... but lame3.81 was already released... > > Best regards,

Re[2]: [MP3 ENCODER] Lame 3.80 Vrb q:

2000-05-08 Thread Dmitry
Hello Mark, Monday, May 08, 2000, 9:37:38 PM, you wrote: MT> So lame3.81, which ignroes the 7680 bit buffer limitation will MT> be out in a few hours. If you dont like the "informative message" MT> try it out. mmm... but lame3.81 was already released... Best regards, Dmitry

Re: [MP3 ENCODER] Lame 3.80 Vrb q:

2000-05-08 Thread Mark Taylor
> Hello Alberto, > > Monday, May 08, 2000, 5:37:55 PM, you wrote: > > AG> By the way, LAME 3.80 puts a lot of "informative message" when > AG> encoding (the file is reservoir.c), and I find it a little annoying. > AG> Is this information useful? Is there any way to disable it? (apart from >

Re: [MP3 ENCODER] Hardware reccomendation

2000-05-08 Thread godot
> > > What is the encoding process bounded by? I/O operations or > > > computational speed? > > > > computational speed > > On an embedded system with a K6-200 (without L2 cache!) and > > gogo 2.31 there was still CPU power left for other things. > > ...which means you are *not* cpu bound. My

Re: [MP3 ENCODER] 3.80: Build problems w/NT

2000-05-08 Thread Mark Taylor
> > I tried to compile Lame 3.80 beta using MSVC 6.0 on Windows NT, with the > included makefile.msvc. Two things : > > 1. brhist.c includes "termcap.h", which does not exist on the platform. > Removing the include fixes it. > > 2. At link time, I get the following errors : > > main.obj : e

faster mdct(Re: [MP3 ENCODER] Hardware reccomendation)

2000-05-08 Thread Takehiro Tominaga
Segher> Oh, by the way, anyone interested in better DCT's? Naoki> I made faster mdct_long and sent it to Takehiro. and it was merged to my tree. maybe tomorrow, CVS tree will get it. it's very swift :) --- Takehiro TOMINAGA // may the source be with you! -- MP3 ENCODER mailing list (

[MP3 ENCODER] html doc

2000-05-08 Thread Gabriel Bouvigne
here's the 3.80 doc Regards, Gabriel Bouvigne - France [EMAIL PROTECTED] icq: 12138873 MP3' Tech: www.mp3-tech.org html.zip

Re: [MP3 ENCODER] free format bitstreams

2000-05-08 Thread Gabriel Bouvigne
> The ISO spec says that free format bitstreams are limited > to 320kbs, but lame will allow you to specify any bitrate over 8kbs. > (lame prints warnings when using freeformat) > According to my ISO doc (section 2.4.2.3), for layer III, decoders are not required to support higher free format hig

Re[2]: [MP3 ENCODER] Lame 3.80 Vrb q:

2000-05-08 Thread Dmitry
Hello Alberto, Monday, May 08, 2000, 5:37:55 PM, you wrote: AG> By the way, LAME 3.80 puts a lot of "informative message" when AG> encoding (the file is reservoir.c), and I find it a little annoying. AG> Is this information useful? Is there any way to disable it? (apart from AG> commenting t

[MP3 ENCODER] 3.80: Build problems w/NT

2000-05-08 Thread Martin Dufour
I tried to compile Lame 3.80 beta using MSVC 6.0 on Windows NT, with the included makefile.msvc. Two things :   1. brhist.c includes "termcap.h", which does not exist on the platform. Removing the include fixes it.   2. At link time, I get the following errors :   main.obj : error LNK2001:

Re: [MP3 ENCODER] Hardware reccomendation

2000-05-08 Thread Naoki Shibata
Segher> Oh, by the way, anyone interested in better DCT's? I made faster mdct_long and sent it to Takehiro. -- Naoki Shibata e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- MP3 ENCODER mailing list ( http://geek.rcc.se/mp3encoder/ )

Re: Re: [MP3 ENCODER] Hardware reccomendation

2000-05-08 Thread Ivo
> R> I can't remember, but I think there is a speed increase from > R> 3.69 to 3.80 > Yes there is. I made a more fast/efficient huffman coding. > but another coding change (for thread safe) vailed it... Hmmm... I encoded the same song twice, with the same parameters and it was encoded sl

Re: [MP3 ENCODER] Hardware reccomendation

2000-05-08 Thread Segher Boessenkool
> > Computational speed, and cache size seem to be the most important Cache size and speed are the only important factor if you have cache misses, and you own an Intel processor. Cache misses are _extremely_ expensive. The P166 MMX and up have a better cache than the P133 and down. But my lowly

Re: [MP3 ENCODER] Hardware reccomendation

2000-05-08 Thread Segher Boessenkool
> > I am about to upgrade my motherboard and I am looking for suggestions > > on what the minimum horsepower needed to do >= real-time encoding on > > a AMD or a Cyrix systems. !(Intel inside) > > > > What is the encoding process bounded by? I/O operations or > > computational speed? > > comput

Re: Re: [MP3 ENCODER] Hardware reccomendation

2000-05-08 Thread Ivo
> > Well, it was based on some older versions, I'm now testing it with the > > version > > I have now, which is Lame 3.69. Is there much difference in speed from > > the > > newer versions? > I can't remember, but I think there is a speed increase from 3.69 to 3.80 Well, I noticed a speed DECREAS

Re: [MP3 ENCODER] GA/GP

2000-05-08 Thread Greg Maxwell
On Sun, 7 May 2000, Mark Stier wrote: > have you ever thought of setting up a distributed Genetic > Programming network which lets you optimize or even find algorithms > suitable for music/speech compression 'automatically'? > > Maybe one could find algorithms that are even better than Frainhofe

Re: [MP3 ENCODER] Lame 3.80 Vrb q:

2000-05-08 Thread Alberto Garcia
Michael Hare wrote: > I've noticed a HUGE reduction in the average bitrate between > version 3.70 and 3.80, using VBR with the highest quality setting. I made some tests yesterday and I found that there was a noticeable difference in size between 3.70 VBR and 3.80 VBR. It seems that i

Re: Re: [MP3 ENCODER] Hardware reccomendation

2000-05-08 Thread Takehiro Tominaga
> "R" == Robert Hegemann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: R> I can't remember, but I think there is a speed increase from R> 3.69 to 3.80 Yes there is. I made a more fast/efficient huffman coding. but another coding change (for thread safe) vailed it... > "I" == Ivo <[EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: [MP3 ENCODER] free format bitstreams

2000-05-08 Thread Greg Maxwell
AFIR you are not allowd to use VBR with free format. However, is that another part of the standard lame can ignore (via option)? It might simplify VBR if we 'threw out' the bir resviour and just used free format frames. On Sat, 6 May 2000, Mark Taylor wrote: > > > > Mark Taylor wrote: > > >

[MP3 ENCODER] Naming

2000-05-08 Thread Zia Mazhar
Well, I think the name LAME doesn't need to be changed whatever happenes... Now we know LAME as "LAME Ain't an MP3 Encoder". Dropping the whole ISO code, LAME may become "LAME is An MP3 Encoder". It's LAME either way! What do you say? :-) > > PS- Would the name have to be changed to something lik

Re: Re: [MP3 ENCODER] Hardware reccomendation

2000-05-08 Thread Robert Hegemann
Hi Ivo! > Woah, that's pretty big difference, isn't it?? YES > > b) you use an older, slower version of LAME > > Well, it was based on some older versions, I'm now testing it with the > version > I have now, which is Lame 3.69. Is there much difference in speed from > the > newer versions?

Re[2]: [MP3 ENCODER] lame 3.80 beta

2000-05-08 Thread vdbj
Hello Christian, Monday, May 08, 2000, 11:06:47 AM, you wrote: >> Mark wrote: >>My understanding is that a licence would probably be required >> to keep this project out of trouble if the patching was removed & Lame >> really became an MP3 encoder. [...] CS> What about the idea with the trial-ve

Re: [MP3 ENCODER] Hardware reccomendation

2000-05-08 Thread Ivo
Allright, my (hopefully ;)) final word on my Pentium 133MHz bad MP3 encoding performance... I just compiled the released 3.80 and it's slower (CBR) than what I just encoded with 3.69, as you can see below: Linux shell> lame -h track_07.wav LAME version 3.80 (www.sulaco.org/mp3) GPSYCHO: GPL psy

Re: [MP3 ENCODER] lame 3.80 beta

2000-05-08 Thread Ross Levis
Christian Schepke wrote: > What about the idea with the trial-version of LAME. AFAIK it's allowed to > distribute trialversions of mp3-encoders. We could include a little routine > that displays a WARNING TRIAL EXPIRED or something alike, when the 30 days > are over. That is true BUT, the binary

Re: [MP3 ENCODER] Winamp decoder plugins (Formerly Mp3 encoders quality tests)

2000-05-08 Thread Ross Levis
Shawn Riley wrote: > So why would Nullsoft (or whoever it is) abandon Fraunhofer for Nitrane? As others mentioned, they only used FHG's encoder for a short time while being sued. I would say the main reason for switching back is the cost. The license requires a payment to FHG for each MP3 pl

Re: [MP3 ENCODER] Hardware reccomendation

2000-05-08 Thread Ivo
> > The ~0.3x I get on my Pentium 133Mhz is with -h and CBR, but my surprise > Linux, gcc 2.95.2 compiled, Pentium 166 MMX (200MHz): > duration 6:30, rate 0.9744 > Win95, Intel4.5 compiled, Pentium 166 MMX (200MHz): > duration 6:47, rate 0.9345 > Win95, Intel4.5 compiled, Pentium 133: > duration 1

Re: [MP3 ENCODER] Continuation of crippling wavs

2000-05-08 Thread Ross Levis
I think your wasting your time Shawn. There have been problems in the past with LAME and other encoders which may have been expoited to make bad sounding MP3's, but as each distortion is isolated, it has also generally been worked on to overcome the distortion. So I suspect your album would b

Re: [MP3 ENCODER] lame 3.80 beta

2000-05-08 Thread Jack Moffitt
> I think it's great that this could be done, but there must be > something I've missed. My understanding is that a licence would > probably be required to keep this project out of trouble if the > patching was removed & Lame really became an MP3 encoder. Wouldn't > that defeat one of the main pur

Re: [MP3 ENCODER] lame 3.80 beta

2000-05-08 Thread Jack Moffitt
> LAME (LAME is After all a Mp3 Encoder) I still like LAME (Lame ain't your momma's encoder) jack. -- MP3 ENCODER mailing list ( http://geek.rcc.se/mp3encoder/ )

Re: [MP3 ENCODER] Winamp decoder plugins (Formerly Mp3 encodersquality tests)

2000-05-08 Thread Jack Moffitt
> haven't used those 2 earlier versions of Winamp for ages. So why would > Nullsoft (or whoever it is) abandon Fraunhofer for Nitrane? Nitrane is based heavily on AMP. Or more accurately, it started as AMP. It was supposedly rewritten and nitrane was "better". In any case, Playmedia sued Null

Re: [MP3 ENCODER] Winamp decoder plugins (Formerly Mp3 encoders quality tests)

2000-05-08 Thread Zia Mazhar
This is the FhG plugin for WinAmp: http://www.chat.ru/~dkutsanov/in_mp3.zip -- MP3 ENCODER mailing list ( http://geek.rcc.se/mp3encoder/ )

[MP3 ENCODER] Winamp decoder plugins (Formerly Mp3 encoders quality tests)

2000-05-08 Thread Shawn Riley
>Shawn Riley wrote: >> Can anyone say whether it would be wise to use an earlier version of Nitrane's >decoder (distributed w/ Winamp version 2.1-something ) with Winamp ver2.6-something? David wrote: >Note that some winamp versions ( early 2.x , I think ) didn't use >Nitrane , but Faunhofer !

Re: [MP3 ENCODER] lame 3.80 beta

2000-05-08 Thread Christian Schepke
> Mark wrote: > [...] > I think it's great that this could be done, but there must be something > I've missed. My understanding is that a licence would probably be required > to keep this project out of trouble if the patching was removed & Lame > really became an MP3 encoder. [...] What about

Re: [MP3 ENCODER] Mp3 encoders quality tests

2000-05-08 Thread David Balazic
Shawn Riley wrote: > > David wrote- > >On the site you recommend WinAMP for the listening, > >while just recently a winamp bug was discussed on this > >list, which add corruptions during playback of mp3s ! > > > >The bug is present in winamp 2.62 ( latest as of this writing ), > >as reported on t

Re: [MP3 ENCODER] Mp3 encoders quality tests

2000-05-08 Thread Shawn Riley
David wrote- >On the site you recommend WinAMP for the listening, >while just recently a winamp bug was discussed on this >list, which add corruptions during playback of mp3s ! > >The bug is present in winamp 2.62 ( latest as of this writing ), >as reported on this list. Can anyone say whether it

[MP3 ENCODER] Continuation of crippling wavs

2000-05-08 Thread Shawn Riley
If you remember my question a while ago about crippling wavs so they sound bad at all but the highest bitrates, this is a follow-up. My band is recording its album in the near future. I know MP3 has its limitations, & I thought it would be useful for the band from a business perspective if we me

Re: [MP3 ENCODER] Mp3 encoders quality tests

2000-05-08 Thread David Balazic
On the site you recommend WinAMP for the listening, while just recently a winamp bug was discussed on this list, which add corruptions during playback of mp3s ! The bug is present in winamp 2.62 ( latest as of this writing ), as reported on this list. david balazic George wrote: > > Hi to ever