michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I had to download xmms-vorbis to get oggs to play on my mdk8 system and I
> checked both disks for it first. Thought you'd like to know cuz of your
> website!
Ogg Vorbis playback support is inside xmms main package:
[gc@obiwan ~] rpm -qpl /RPMS/xmms-1.2.4-12mdk.i586.rpm | grep vorbis
/usr/lib/xmms/Input/libvorbis.la
/usr/lib/xmms/Input/libvorbis.so
[...]
> I'm not sure of the exact numbers as far as size/bit
> rate goes between mp3 and ogg but if you look at
> http://www.vorbis.com I bet you can find that info.
>
> What I do know is that every mp3 I've ever heard
> sounded hollow to me like all the midrange had been
> scooped out. Ogg's sound full and rich and the
> highest quality gives small enough files that I don't
> have to trade off between free space on disk and sound
> quality.
Quality between ogg and mp3 is smaller than that. Generally speaking, a
160 kbps mp3 is considered to be perfect quality, whereas this can be
achieved with a 128 kbps ogg.
[...]
> > > make mp3's using bladeenc
> >
> > I did expert install too, and my grip default was
> > ogg and the bladeenc prog
> > isn't even on either of my cd's (inst or ext) and my
> > md5 sums checked...go
> > figure!
Of course. There are patent issues with mp3 encoding, including with
bladeenc. We can't distribute it.
[...]
> > > Xmms should play .oggs by the way. There is an
> > > xmms-ogg-vorbis package on the cd's that you can
> > > install to make it work.
> >
> > I know it should however there is no xmms-ogg-vorbis
> > package on either of my
> > cd's....
As said upper, no need to install a specific package to get ogg vorbis
playback support in xmms.
[...]
> > I know that mp3 encoding at 128 Kbps
> > uses@1meg/minute.
> > How do oggs compare??
"x kbps" means "x times 1024 bits per second".
[gc@obiwan ~] ruby -e 'p 1024*60*128/8/1024'
960
128 kbps uses 960 kbytes per minute.
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