Le 11 Mar 2011 09:36:28 +1100, e deleflie <[email protected]> a écrit :
> > I believe it is be possible to script and batch the conversion from > > B to G > > the Ambisonia server comes complete with automated scripts to resample > content, decode to square (using Fons' LADSPA plugins), etc. Great! > Only the creation of the DTS encode required manual intervention. DTS > has benefits over AC3 ... it can be burned to CD audio and performs > like a normal CD if the player is ignorant of DTS. AC3 cant do that. But there's no free (as in speech) encoder for DTS. I'm sure this is not a new debate, but I don't consider using a proprietary format as an advantage. The ambisonics patents are expired, so why use a closed format to distribute degraded versions of the original files? People interested by ambisonics today can just computers instead of home cinema decoders; most recent desktop PCs are equipped with multi-channels audio interfaces. Ambisonia is a resource that would be easier to use today, even without DTS. It should actively promote open formats, not de-facto standards. If formats for common domestic players are really required, why not distribute an AC3 version and a stereo version as well? > uses an old version of Plone ... tried upgrading to a more recent > years ago, was too much trouble. Plone is enormously complicated. It > was a bad technology choice. > > Etienne Everybody I know who used it feels the same now, even the author of "The Definitive Guide to Plone"... But it was a good choice back then, and it can still do a good job for Ambisonia, even without an upgrade. The most important thing would be to put it back online, unless there's a will to build something new before. -- Marc _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list [email protected] https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
