[Advocacy] Re: [Vorbis] Ogg Vorbis bitrate peeling bounty on Launchpad

[Monty]

On Sat, Oct 22, 2005 at 06:10:03PM +1300, Aaron Whitehouse wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> Just a quick note to let you all know that I have placed a bounty on
> Lauchpad to get bitrate peeling added to Vorbis. It is a feature that I
> think we would all like to have, and would probably pay something to
> get, but it hasn't been done.
> 
> My request to you is to add to the bounty. I have seeded it with US$20,
> which is not enough to motivate a developer to get it done, but I am a
> starving student with very little spare cash! If just a few from on here
> added $10 or something then this feature may finally be implemented and
> be more than just a 'possibility'.
> 
> https://launchpad.net/bounties/ogg-vorbis-bitrate-peeling

I approve wholeheartedly of this approach.  You've also spelled out what you declare a success, an excellent thing.  

A note to the masses looking to tackle this: It's very easy to do
peeling... badly.  Years ago, segher wrote a util that just chops off
packets to a smaller length as a bit of a joke.  Although, stricly
speaking, this was a valid peeler, the results were terrible :-)

If someone is interested in chasing the bounty, I'll be happy to
answer questions.  I don't personally have the time to chase it, but
I'll listen to anyone seriously chasing the problem.

Monty