Most of the codecs are still binary, the ones that there's actually source included for are ones that we've already had for a while. All we've gotten is another media player shell..
So the single chip decoders in all of these mp3 devices are exclusively geared towards mp3 or wma? no
Many/most are general DSP chips which have the decoders programmed into flash rom.
I don't know what the quality of the engine is like, but they've also released an integer-only version codec, called "Tremor."
Please refrain from posting poorly researched flames like this just so you can get a 5 second high by "slamming" others who you think are foolish/stupid/over-zealous/won't-buy-anyting-but- books-and-hardware linux users.
why did i just waste my time posting a response to this at 1 AM?
Re:Ogg is better at low bitrates, but...
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oops..
by other codecs i mean freunhofer (or LAME) encoded mp3s and ms encoded WMA
Re:Ogg is better at low bitrates, but...
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WMA artifacts are far more obvious at 128 than any of the other codecs. It seems like it was designed to be the best at streaming bitrates, but many of the artifacts remain even into the >128 kbits range. I considered at one point encoding stuff into WMA but I couldn't stand listening to it, even at higher bitrates.
I would agree that 128 and below _do_ suck, but I'd prefer and ogg at 128 vs WMA or MP3. I find that an OGG quality setting of 5 or 6 is pretty decent (150 - 200 kbits range depending on music type)
Re:Ogg Vorbis support?
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Last update in March 2002
Vorbis has come a _LONG_ way since then. To my ears, OGG files sound quite a bit better, especially when one is comparing lower bitrates.
Grab CDex. It includes LAME and OGG encoders, or check out the comparison on the ogg vorbis page. You may be surprised. Please dont quote articles that analyzed the codec before the developers even considered it to be a 1.0 release (I'm sure that even the Fraunhofer encoder was quite poor before its own "1.0" release).
Oh, btw, I'm not a linux/oss/fsf zealot. I prefer windows on my desktop and linux on my servers.
Thats what Northwestern University does. All the P2P and file sharing protocols are limited to modem speeds. They go after people every once in a while, but for the most part they just make these apps undesirable to use.
Re:Woe is me ... I hate pop unders ... geesh ...
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Yes, you pay for bandwidth, but the fee you pay for that doesn't go to websites that provide content for you to download. They have to pay for bandwidth too, as well as sysadmins, writers, graphic designers, programmers, etc..
"Collaboration is encouraged. Groups of 2 or 3 are best. Collaboration is encouraged only to the extent that it is useful in furthering your understanding. Please take this limitation seriously. In any case write up the problems independently and make sure you could do each problem alone by the time you are done."
Working with other students, I find rather beneficial, so long as you aren't the lagging one just writing stuff down..
Configurable window tabs. Iconbar (for minimized/iconified windows) Wheel scroll changes workspace Configurable titlebar (placement of buttons, new buttons etc) KDE support New native integrated keygrabber (supports emacs like keychains) Maximize over slit option Partial GNOME support
they keygrabber is sweet, control xmms/audio levels from any workspace/app
Seriously, why do you people waste so much energy flaming every time there's a post about BSD/MacOS/MacOSX/Be/etc. Why the heck do you care what someone else uses?! If it gets their job done, and they like it, whats the use posting unconstructive things like:
"It sucks!! Why are you using it!!??"
"Its dead/dying!!"
etc..
If you're going to whine and complain about someone elses OS, at least provide _VALID_ _TECHNICAL_ points.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1 &o e=ISO-8859-1&q=antidisestablishmentarianism+ninjat une
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Re:NASA these days
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Everyone seems to think that since many of the outward looking missions are having trouble that NASA isn't really doing much, check out all the reasearch thats being done on our actual planet. NASA has been collecting huge amounts information about Earth's atmosphere, oceans and land, and they've been doing important analyses. I'd suggest you check out places like:
I'd disagree with that entirely, if Adobe had patented the use of a computer for retouching photos, they would NEED to release additional product updates and new features.
If Adobe simply released Photoshop 1.0, and promised no future updates, there would be a set and rather limited group of people who would purchase it. Once that group had bought the product, there would be only a small additional market for those entering into a field which required the use of Photoshop. Adobe needs to sell additional units to its current customers as well as acquire new customers.
Given no product updates, and no alternatives from other companies, neither Adobe nor anyone else can harvest additional sales from customers that already own the product. And if there are no future updates, chances are at some point new versions of whatever operating system it runs on are going to break it at some point and to some extent.
-jsnyder
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And then later, Apple got impatient and violated nVIDIA's NDA by announcing an Apple machine with a GeForce 4 based card before nVIDIA's official launch date.
1. Create vacuum.
2. ???
3. PROFIT!
why is this a troll?
you mean: /* :p
Windows Media Player Code follows:
*/
And those 3 lines are covered by one of these licenses:
"shared" source
Most of the codecs are still binary, the ones that there's actually source included for are ones that we've already had for a while. All we've gotten is another media player shell..
https://www.helixcommunity.org/2002/intro/client
c'mon only MP3 and H.263? weak!
Note: the IBM page (same goes for most of their site AFAIK) gets a huge number of hits for accessability issues when run through Bobby
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2. A mark or series of marks (... or * * *, for example) used in writing or printing to indicate an omission, especially of letters or words.
So the single chip decoders in all of these mp3 devices are exclusively geared towards mp3 or wma? no
- books-and-hardware linux users.
Many/most are general DSP chips which have the decoders programmed into flash rom.
I don't know what the quality of the engine is like, but they've also released an integer-only version codec, called "Tremor."
Please refrain from posting poorly researched flames like this just so you can get a 5 second high by "slamming" others who you think are foolish/stupid/over-zealous/won't-buy-anyting-but
why did i just waste my time posting a response to this at 1 AM?
oops..
by other codecs i mean freunhofer (or LAME) encoded mp3s and ms encoded WMA
WMA artifacts are far more obvious at 128 than any of the other codecs. It seems like it was designed to be the best at streaming bitrates, but many of the artifacts remain even into the >128 kbits range. I considered at one point encoding stuff into WMA but I couldn't stand listening to it, even at higher bitrates.
I would agree that 128 and below _do_ suck, but I'd prefer and ogg at 128 vs WMA or MP3. I find that an OGG quality setting of 5 or 6 is pretty decent (150 - 200 kbits range depending on music type)
Last update in March 2002
Vorbis has come a _LONG_ way since then. To my ears, OGG files sound quite a bit better, especially when one is comparing lower bitrates.
Grab CDex. It includes LAME and OGG encoders, or check out the comparison on the ogg vorbis page. You may be surprised. Please dont quote articles that analyzed the codec before the developers even considered it to be a 1.0 release (I'm sure that even the Fraunhofer encoder was quite poor before its own "1.0" release).
Oh, btw, I'm not a linux/oss/fsf zealot. I prefer windows on my desktop and linux on my servers.
Thats what Northwestern University does. All the P2P and file sharing protocols are limited to modem speeds. They go after people every once in a while, but for the most part they just make these apps undesirable to use.
Yes, you pay for bandwidth, but the fee you pay for that doesn't go to websites that provide content for you to download. They have to pay for bandwidth too, as well as sysadmins, writers, graphic designers, programmers, etc..
From the Engineering Analysis 3 homework page
"Collaboration is encouraged. Groups of 2 or 3 are best. Collaboration is encouraged only to the extent that it is useful in furthering your understanding. Please take this limitation seriously. In any case write up the problems independently and make sure you could do each problem alone by the time you are done."
Working with other students, I find rather beneficial, so long as you aren't the lagging one just writing stuff down..
Yeah, but it is not a goot thing for those of us using Debian or Gentoo and wanting to use Debian/unstable or Gentoo in general
what about fluxbox?
blackbox plus all this stuff:
Configurable window tabs.
Iconbar (for minimized/iconified windows)
Wheel scroll changes workspace
Configurable titlebar (placement of buttons, new buttons etc)
KDE support
New native integrated keygrabber (supports emacs like keychains)
Maximize over slit option
Partial GNOME support
they keygrabber is sweet, control xmms/audio levels from any workspace/app
"It sucks!! Why are you using it!!??"
"Its dead/dying!!"
etc..
If you're going to whine and complain about someone elses OS, at least provide _VALID_ _TECHNICAL_ points.
antidisestablishmentarianism ninjatune
1 &o e=ISO-8859-1&q=antidisestablishmentarianism+ninjat une
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-
1 response, unfortunately the page no longer exists, only cached
Everyone seems to think that since many of the outward looking missions are having trouble that NASA isn't really doing much, check out all the reasearch thats being done on our actual planet. NASA has been collecting huge amounts information about Earth's atmosphere, oceans and land, and they've been doing important analyses. I'd suggest you check out places like:
earth.nasa.gov
earthobservatory.nasa.gov
terra.nasa.gov
data assimilation office
and for image products:
visibleearth.nasa.gov
NASA does alot of interesting earth science too!
In my case you have to run that like 3 times before the machine goes, maybe something like this is more appropriate:
#include
int main(void)
{
int i;
for (i=0; i100; i++) {
printf("\t\b\b");
}
return 0;
}
its:
:)
#include
int main(void)
{
printf("\t\b\b");
return 0;
}
I just BSOD'ed my machine with it...
enjoy
-jsnyder
I'd disagree with that entirely, if Adobe had patented the use of a computer for retouching photos, they would NEED to release additional product updates and new features. If Adobe simply released Photoshop 1.0, and promised no future updates, there would be a set and rather limited group of people who would purchase it. Once that group had bought the product, there would be only a small additional market for those entering into a field which required the use of Photoshop. Adobe needs to sell additional units to its current customers as well as acquire new customers. Given no product updates, and no alternatives from other companies, neither Adobe nor anyone else can harvest additional sales from customers that already own the product. And if there are no future updates, chances are at some point new versions of whatever operating system it runs on are going to break it at some point and to some extent. -jsnyder