Re: OT: on .ogg

"Sally Caves" <scaves@...> wrote:

> Apparently,
> its big selling point is that it is patentless, so artists needn't pay
> "tribute money" to the .mp3 corporation to publish their work.
> And Vorbis claims the sound is just as good.  And it's free.
All true.  Clarification: The "Vorbis company" you spoke of is Xiph.org.

> What will I do with my Cakewalk, then, and my other files that "rip" into
> .mp3 format?
If you can get the program to save as .wav, then you can use
oggdropXPd to convert any .wav to .ogg.  Or you might be able
to find a plug-in that can output in the desired format.

If you're having trouble getting Wimpy Media Player to recognize
.ogg files, then I second Herman Miller's suggestion of using Winamp.

PRO: Better sound quality than MP3 at a given bitrate, or lower
bitrate at a given subjective sound quality.  Lower bitrate means
less disk space or less bandwidth; less bandwidth means more
listeners to your stream.
PRO: Supports true surround sound, unlike MP3 which has trouble
even with matrix surround (Dolby Pro Logic).
PRO: No patents!
PRO: Free, permissively licensed decoder program available for
integration with DSPs.

CON: Not a lot of handheld devices with an ASIC decoder support it
because MPEG ASICs are much more common than Vorbis ASICs.
CON: Not a lot of handheld devices with a DSP support it because
decoding Vorbis requires more computations per second than
decoding MP3 or WMA.
CON: Not a lot of handheld devices with a DSP support it because
developers haven't been paid to integrate the codec with various
DSPs, and the extra revenue from "open source fanatics" wouldn't
be worth it compared to the revenue from those who demand MP3
and WMA support.

However, the iRiver players can decode and play Vorbis.

Verdict: Use Vorbis UNLESS you want to listen on popular brands
of handheld devices.


Herman Miller wrote:

> Cool Edit 2000 (which was discontinued after Adobe bought
> Syntrillium's product line)
If you want your CE2K back, write Adobe and ask when "Audition
Elements" is coming out.

> doesn't support .ogg files
The copy installed on my machine does.  You just need to
use Google:
http://www.google.com/search?q=cool%20edit%20vorbis


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Damian