As I've said ad nauseum, the guy who first integrates an Ambi decoder into VLC, getting around the evil Windoz mixer etc. gets to choose the data structure for next important Ambi format.
This will be a lossy compressed format probably based on the public domain Vorbis. Ambisonia was the 1st major breakthrough, source material. I hope everyone is aware and thankful for Etienne's huge amount of effort & work. We are lucky that York have taken over this and hope it will continue to increase and prosper. The 2nd is the ongoing decoder work by BLaH and others on this forum. At least the theory of how to design a good decoder is available. Sadly, only Fons' Happy Days decoder is flexible enough to take advantage of the new work. This isn't descrying the decoders available from D McGriffy, Richard Dobson, the York Mafia & others; just pointing out that they are 'fixed'. But none of these will conveniently play MP3s ripped from CDs or youTube, surround videos etc .. no nice database for music .. so will remain niche interests. Happy Days doesn't even run on evil Windoz and probably never will if its inventor has any say in it .. 8>D I finally managed to compile VLC this year but can't seem to do it again. 8<( When Ambi VLC happens, I predict the re-surrection of UHJ. Simple 2 channels will remain the most important distribution format in the forseable future. But it will pave the way for HOA and other exotics. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/ms-tnef Size: 2770 bytes Desc: not available URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20121028/48dac521/attachment.bin> _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
