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Non-MP3 Codecs?

Posted by Cliff on from the those-other-audio-codecs dept.

Vanth Dreadstar asks: "While MP3 is okay, I have begun researching other codecs that would be suitable for my home music use. Lossy codecs such as Ogg Vorbis, AAC, and MPC all seem to have promise, not to mention the lossless codecs such as Shorten (otherwise known as .SHN), LPAC, and FLAC. I would like to know what non-MP3 codecs people are using out there, and why."

7 of 544 comments (clear)

  1. I'm using .nap by jerw134 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm using .nap because Napster is going to come back! Just you wait!

  2. .cda? by badfish2 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Whatever it is that comes on these shiny round things I get from the music store...that's the one I use.

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  3. Oh, of course I use .wma... by dperkins · · Score: 4, Funny

    Because I have to quit this filthy .mp3 habit. I need the music industry to help me overcome my addiction to free music, so with digital content controls I won't be tempted to download gigabyte upon gigabyte of free music. I won't have to continue working this extra part-time job to support my purchases of extra hard drive space.

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  4. Re:Ogg Vorbis by SilentChris · · Score: 3, Funny
    "3. "Ogg" sounds cooler than "MP3""

    To a geek. :) "MP3" has that "modern-day acronym sound" to it, like PDA, IM or IPO. Ogg just sounds like a character from Lord of the Rings (which, last I checked, very few "mainstream" people found "cool" -- just "majestic").

  5. Re:like so? by Tackhead · · Score: 5, Funny
    > > HD's are cheap, hell save them as XML.
    >
    >Like So?
    >1
    > 0
    > [8 times per sample]

    No, it's even worse!

    (1-2 k of headers and track metadata deleted)

    <BYTE>
    <BIT>1</BIT>
    <BIT>0</BIT>
    <BIT>0</BIT>
    <BIT>1</BIT>
    <BIT>1</BIT>
    <BIT>1</BIT>
    <BIT>0</BIT>
    <BIT>0</BIT>
    </BYTE>

  6. I use the MUTE codec. by MongooseCN · · Score: 5, Funny

    It gets 99.99% compression. I think it's termed "lossy" compression.

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  7. Re:Ogg Vorbis by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny
    Umm... you are completely wrong. 256kbps is far from perfect CD quality. Hell, CD-audio sucks ass. It's just the best mass-market standard we have. Listen to some freshly recorded music on a high-end, high-bandwidth analog tape, with Dolby-SR Analog noise reduction (adds another 3dB to your floor and cieling), on a high-end amp and pre-amp and a pair of B&W Nautilus 801 speakers... and tell me 256kbps is perfect.


    Hey, don't forget the solid platinum, gold coated, $200/ft., sextuple-shielded, interconnects with hand-woven wombat hair sheathing.