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Dial-Up Audio Public Listening Test Opened

Posted by simoniker on from the cha-cha-crackle dept.

CaptainCheese writes "Hydrogenaudio.org's Roberto Amorim just announced the opening of their 32kps multi-format listening test, intended to test the current 'dial-up' quality codecs. From the Announcement: "The formats featured are Nero Digital Audio (HE-AAC+PS), Ogg Vorbis, WMA9 Std., MP3pro, Real Audio and QDesign Music Codec. Lame MP3 is being used as low anchor, and a lowpass at 7kHz is being used as high anchor." These codec tests are unusual in that they adhere to ITU-R BS.1116-1. The test is open until July 11th and all are invited to participate. There's more info in the original test discussion, which indicates the originator is interested in 'testing formats working on dial-up streaming bitrates' - the test page notes: 'The real arena where codecs are competing, and most development is going, is at low bitrates.'"

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  1. MARY-KATE OLSEN: 1986-2004 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    R.I.P.

  2. POOP DICK! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    WHO cares! I'm On SLASHdOt Mah!!!!!

    1. Re:POOP DICK! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      Oh nos! Some1 stolleded teh megahurtz from mai c0mput3r screen!

  3. Typical Slashdot Article by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Hypocritical Linux users. Always talking about open source and fair use, but then posting this article supporting MP3 theft from the artists. You losers make me sick.

    Stop stealing music MP3s and maybe SCO will stop suing Linux.com for stealing their source code.

  4. Re:MARY-KATE OLSEN: 1986-2004 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    No, worse than death, she's legal now, so she is dead to the pedophiles that hang out on slashdot.

  5. Re:Get the news out to portable music player by pyrrhonist · · Score: 0, Troll
    Now if only the companies who manufacture digital players would take a look and see that there is life beyond MP3. Nice that a few are starting to offer Ogg Vobis, but they are few and far between.

    What does this have to do with the article? Digital players don't use low-bandwidth encodings like the listening test is for.

    Oh, wait, the article mentions Ogg Vorbis. Nevermind...

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  6. Re:Slashdot Low Bitrate Ethnocentrism by Zen+Punk · · Score: -1, Troll

    It's called an analogy. How could you be so stupid....what are you, a Pole?

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  7. Fp hom0 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    HHobyist dilettante