Re: [NTLK] newtontalk Digest V3 #570

From: doppler (roman_at_pixell.net)
Date: Wed Oct 29 2003 - 13:00:33 PST


id vote for ogg, too! its clerly the future for non-DRM tunes. considering
the compression/quality spects, its definately the format.

the fact that ogg is the choice of nerds doesnt really feel like a bad
argument for that matter ;-D

/ ®

> Subject: Re: [NTLK] AAC? Speaking of MP3's and compression
> From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Eckhart_K=F6ppen?= <eck1001_at_gmx.net>
>
>> Anyway, better compression, higher quality
>> sound, but what is known about it, and in by those that have looked
>> into this, would the Newton have the power to read this compression?
>
> Maybe, but you won't get too much benefit from AAC. It's supposedly
> better than MP3 only for bitrates higher than 128kbit/s. And that is
> not economical to store on the Newton. Much more interesting is
> Ogg/Vorbis which is better at low bitrates. Some people say that 64kbit
> Ogg = 128kbit MP3...

 
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