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Thomson Releases MP3 Surround

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the bouncing-around-the-room dept.

Anonymous Howard writes "Thomson has released MP3 Surround, a new MP3 codec. They claim that MP3 Surround supports high-quality multi-channel sound at bit rates comparable to those currently used to encode stereo MP3 material, resulting in files half the size of common compressed surround formats while maintaining backwards compatibility. Wasn't MP3 Pro supposed to be a great new MP3 codec, but never took off? I wonder if this is going to go the same route. Does anyone have a technical view of MP3 Surround? Does it have potential?"

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  1. The download link by Amsterdam+Vallon · · Score: -1, Troll

    I interned at Thomson and am still on their developer email list.

    This morning I got a message about their downloadable software supporting multichannel mp3, and I got really stoked.

    Here's a direct link to our FTP:
    ftp://ftp1.fraunhofer.de/institute/iis/amm/mp3surr ound/MP3SurroundSetup.exe

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  2. Ur F'd N teh A by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Welcome to the Wacky World of Metasites, ASSHAT!

    Go back to Fark, please. There's a hilarious Ackbar PS entry you've just GOTTA see!

  3. Re:Once again.... by Oliver+Defacszio · · Score: 0, Troll
    As does Vorbis... Better quality at half the bitrate, or so.

    Oh baloney. That's just more political rhetoric from the same people who claim that "linux makes use of old hardware," even though KDE needs more RAM than Windows XP to run without swapping with every mouse movement. Sure, linux runs on old hardware, but they conveniently neglect to mention that it's CLI only in those cases.

    If you like Vorbis for whatever reason, that's fine... use it in good health, but don't piss in my ears and tell me it's raining. It's always stunning how political motivation can change the "facts".

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  4. Re:(-1, idiot) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Some of us thing that AV is really "ekrout" or Eric Krout, a wannabe troll known for trying to be "cool" on K5 and the likes. He's also a little pussy attentionwhore who will try to befriend you like a clingy faggot if you don't reject him outright. If AV is also the "Proud American" type then it smells of ekrout. Hey AV, get a fucking life you worthless miserable fag. I know this is slashdot and all, but fucking please, a sodomized monkey choking on ether can post better shit than you shit.