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The Future of Ogg Vorbis

Posted by Hemos on from the patent-free-royalty-free dept.

Brett writes "The author of MAD, the fixed point MP3 decoder comments on what is wrong with Ogg Vorbis, with a response from jack, one of the founders of the format. "Ogg Vorbis may be the holy grail of patent-free audio compression, but there are some serious issues blocking its path to widespread acceptance. Unfortunately most of us are powerless to correct the situation; the problems must be addressed by Vorbis' creators. " The rest of the of the story is currently running on K5." And Jack's response is enlightening as well.

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  1. Barriers to acceptance by lushman · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I can see one main way for Ogg to gain widespread acceptance quickly - as the sound track of your run-of-the-mill, MPAA-angering DiVX. MP3 soundtracks only allow for 2 channels, whereas Ogg will allow for n. The main thing that pisses me off about DiVX is the lack of 5.1.

    Imagine how widespread Ogg would be if it was the favored soundtrack of the DiVX generation.

  2. Re:Mentality by Dominic_Mazzoni · · Score: 4, Interesting

    > How does MAD compare to mpg123 ? Is it much better?

    MAD is more portable, higher quality (outputs 24-bit samples instead of 16-bit samples if you want) and an order of magnitude faster.

    Is that good enough for you?