[vorbis-dev] comparison of beta2 and beta3 encoder quality

[Michael Smith]

>But it would get you more dynamic range, which is I think the more
>fundamental reason for having these extra bits to begin with. 
>Compression techniques that use floating point offer near infinite
>dynamic range, so Vorbis should be able to make use of the extra bits.

Of course. I always forget to think about dynamic range - don't know why.
Vorbis internals don't have any problems with huge dynamic ranges (even
bigger than what you suggest, I think). So yeah, this is certainly possible.

Michael
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