For those with 2.6 distros and dualbooting with Windows, log in as root and do a sfdisk -l/dev/hdx (usually hda) and see how many heads you got. If you got 16 heads, then you should be thankful that Windows didn't give you any problems since it expects 255 heads. This is a 2.6 kernel issue and is not specific to Redhat or Fedora. Fedora was made to be a linux distro, not one which has to bend over backwards to support a dualbooting partner who still uses old, legacy disk values.
Since that is what it essentially is...a highly tuned version of the reference encoder. That is probably why Garf called his encoder GTune (Garf Tuned) and I've followed suit with QKTune. Also, aoTuV stands for "Aoyumi's Tuned Vorbis" IIRC.:)
Well, I can only comment from a technical point of view, but firstly it is very good news that we are progressing in the right direction in terms of quality. Secondly, compared with the other codecs (esp. the proprietary ones), Vorbis is quite simple and minimalistic and lacks a lot of advanced tools and profiles, yet we've been able to extract quite competitive performance from some adjustments here and there.
There is more to do in Vorbis and Monty has some new ideas that he wants to implement in the next major version like a better stereo model, noise normalization (which in its current form is mostly experimental), and support for 5.1 stereo. Given the success of aoTuV and the fact that Monty is fully aware of these third-party tunings, I think Vorbis development is looking ever-more exciting.:)
(Note I don't work for Xiph.Org but just one of those third party Vorbis tuners)
IIRC, Xiph.Org got some people to do a limited patent search and I believe AOL performed their own patent search as well. The doubt only exists because Xiph.Org has not publicly released the results of their patent search (due to lawyers' advice I think).
Yes, that is the most important thing about our tunings. They are all 100% fully compatible with standard Vorbis decoders. We only tweak tuning numbers (much like tuning a guitar or piano), but you still play it exactly the same way (no extra strings or keys);)
According to the last 128 kbps listening test (http://www.rjamorim.com/test/128extension/results.html), Ogg Vorbis beat Lame convincingly (ie. about the same file size, better quality).
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For those with 2.6 distros and dualbooting with Windows, log in as root and do a sfdisk -l /dev/hdx (usually hda) and see how many heads you got. If you got 16 heads, then you should be thankful that Windows didn't give you any problems since it expects 255 heads. This is a 2.6 kernel issue and is not specific to Redhat or Fedora. Fedora was made to be a linux distro, not one which has to bend over backwards to support a dualbooting partner who still uses old, legacy disk values.
Xiph.Org released a fixed point Vorbis library quite a while ago called Tremor.
Since that is what it essentially is...a highly tuned version of the reference encoder. That is probably why Garf called his encoder GTune (Garf Tuned) and I've followed suit with QKTune. Also, aoTuV stands for "Aoyumi's Tuned Vorbis" IIRC. :)
Well, I can only comment from a technical point of view, but firstly it is very good news that we are progressing in the right direction in terms of quality. Secondly, compared with the other codecs (esp. the proprietary ones), Vorbis is quite simple and minimalistic and lacks a lot of advanced tools and profiles, yet we've been able to extract quite competitive performance from some adjustments here and there. There is more to do in Vorbis and Monty has some new ideas that he wants to implement in the next major version like a better stereo model, noise normalization (which in its current form is mostly experimental), and support for 5.1 stereo. Given the success of aoTuV and the fact that Monty is fully aware of these third-party tunings, I think Vorbis development is looking ever-more exciting. :)
(Note I don't work for Xiph.Org but just one of those third party Vorbis tuners)
IIRC, Xiph.Org got some people to do a limited patent search and I believe AOL performed their own patent search as well. The doubt only exists because Xiph.Org has not publicly released the results of their patent search (due to lawyers' advice I think).
Yes, that is the most important thing about our tunings. They are all 100% fully compatible with standard Vorbis decoders. We only tweak tuning numbers (much like tuning a guitar or piano), but you still play it exactly the same way (no extra strings or keys) ;)
It is pretty clear from those results that the official Xiph.Org Vorbis encoder is the worst on average.
According to the last 128 kbps listening test (http://www.rjamorim.com/test/128extension/results .html), Ogg Vorbis beat Lame convincingly (ie. about the same file size, better quality).