[vorbis-dev] One codebook for all audiofiles?

[Josh Coalson]

--- Aleksandar Dovnikovic <aldov at EUnet.yu> wrote:
> "Erik Stenborg" <d99papa at dtek.chalmers.se> wrote:
> 
> > I agree, but then he cant reach 4:1 ratio. Most lossless
> compressors only
> > reaches 2:1.
> 
> Yes, sadly they only *reach* 2:1 compression ratio. With most
> metal music things are very bad: 1.3:1 - 1.5:1 is what you
> can hope to get - almost pointless. 
> 
well, it does vary widely based on the source, since the quality
is constrained (at 'perfect').  it's not unusual to get 3:1 on
classical music.  for the interested, there is a comparison of
ratios based on different kinds of music here:

        http://flac.sourceforge.net/comparison.html

Josh

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