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Audio Compression Primer

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the do-you-hear-what-i-hear dept.

Hack Jandy writes "For those of you with a little extra time this afternoon, check out Sudhian's primer to all things concerning audio compression. The article details everything from DRM to CRC matrixes (with a healthy dosage of Ogg)."

6 of 236 comments (clear)

  1. First Post!!!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Suck my cock!!

  2. One sad bit.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    I recently picked up a Philips DVP642 DVD player. It can play xvid & divx but can't play OGG. A few of the movies I download use OGG for audio and I have to resort to running the movie off my computer to the AV center.

  3. i know this is OT.. but by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    something i think i should warn people about, sudhian won't let me unsubscribe myself from the newsletter, i have tried emailing them, following the instructions, everything, it just isn't working. so beware of this company.

  4. FLAC? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    AFLAC is definately worth it...

    Oh wait...you weren't talking about insurance...sorry.

  5. Re:I still hear MDCT distortions by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    you're crazy

  6. WinRAR is worse than WinRK!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    WinRK vs WinRAR: ... WinRK wins!!!

    http://cs.fit.edu/~mmahoney/compression/
    http://www.msoftware.co.nz/WinRK_benchmarks.php