[vorbis-dev] One codebook for all audiofiles?

[Erik Stenborg]

> 
> [ Slightly offtopic: ]
> Because I'm wondering which is better at high bitrates (1:4 compression
> ratio), Vorbis or LAME, I would like to know how to compare the original
> audio and the decoded audio? With LAME, a simple sample-by-sample comparison
> failed badly (the error was as high as 7 bits). With ratio 1:4 I aim at
> archival quality and thus the overall error counts, not psychoacoustics.
> 

I recomend you to not use either of them. Vorbis is still beta and has
some qualityproblems and lame is bound by the limitations of mp3. Use
mpegplus with the 'insane' setting instead, or maybe the older mp2 format
at 320 or 384 kbps.

cheers
/Erik

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