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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."

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  1. Yikes by tswinzig · · Score: 1, Troll

    Finally, it integrates nicely with Konqueror's audioCD IO slave. You can simply type "audiocd:/ogg/" in Konq's location bar, and it shows you a list of .ogg files with the track names grabbed from FreeDB. To actually encode, one symply drags the .ogg file to another directory, and the IO slave works its magic.

    And you guys thought Mozilla was bloated!

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  2. Re:Ogg Vorbis by thermo99 · · Score: 0, Troll

    When was the last time 'being illegal' stopped you from still using something? DeCSS anyone?

  3. Re:Ogg Vorbis by Paladin128 · · Score: 3, Troll
    • You are using low bitrate. Use 256kbps and you get perfect CD-quality audio from both codecs.


    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.
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