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Re: OT: on .ogg

From:Damian Yerrick <tepples@...>
Date:Saturday, March 5, 2005, 6:39
"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 -- Damian