[vorbis-dev] Ogg VEO Codec, video in an Ogg stream

[prabu]

If somebody is still not convinced, some of the sites which have such
searchable audio content:
http://www.themefinder.org/
http://www.dlib.org/dlib/may97/meldex/05witten.html

Prabu

> On searchable databases:
>
> The data searching technologies are becoming so important that even
> Oracle rolled out a database product called Internet file system, acting
> as a hierarchical storage with searching capabilities.
>
> The thing is, every day we have to deal with an increasing amount of
> data.  Even we geeks are noticing that it's becoming more and more
> difficult to find what we want in the sea of information, never mind
> mere mortals.  What will save us when later on we don't have multimedia
> searching capabilities too?
>
> > prabu wrote:
> > >
> > > > Well, I never understood the point of all of that extra object crap
they
> > > > threw in the MPEG-4 standard.  I just want what MPEG-1/2 provide for
> > > > video but with higher quality and at lower bitrates due to better
> > > > algorithms.
> > >
> > > The provision of objects is not for crap. It provides a "connectivity"
to
> > > the MPEG7 platform, where searchable databases are of concern.
> > >
> > > Prabu
> >
> > Oh, yeah, searchable databases.  Now THERE'S a useful feature for a
> > multimedia standard.  Am I the only person who still views software by
> > the adage "Every tool has a purpose and every purpose has a tool."?
> > It's the same problem as how people want their WEB browsers to do so
> > many unintended tasks that even Ron Popeil can't think of any more.  So
> > in my opinion, objects are crap.  For me, the only points of concern are
> > the video stream, the audio stream, and the format into which they're
> > stored and sync'd.
> >
> > -Sean

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