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Ogg Vorbis RC3 Released

Posted by timothy on from the need-more-hardware-players dept.

xercist writes: "Let's start 2002 off with some good news! The long awaited RC3 release of the Ogg project's Vorbis codec is now out. Major changes include much improvement in the quality to bitrate ratio, ability to specify a hard bitrate min/max to the encoder (good for streaming), and an entirely new bitrate management engine which can emulate CBR, do constrained bitrates, and will accept quality settings via the -q flag from 0 through 10 in .00000001 increments (currently only tuned for 44.1 KHz modes). Vorbis has kicked MP3's, WMA's, and Real's asses for a long time now, hopefully this release will change the minds of anyone yet undecided. Download RC3, then show your appreciation for all their hard work and dedication by making a donation to support the project."

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  1. Re:This won't change much... by jcr · · Score: 2, Redundant

    he upgraded his operating system, and WMA's Rights Management kicked in and told him he couldn't play any of those files anymore.

    Well, that about wraps it up for WMA as far as I'm concerned. MicroSquish's products have always had a nasty habit of destroying one's work, but when they do so *deliberately*, it's time to tell BG to get stuffed.

    -jcr

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