[Vorbis-dev] improving vorbis compression with arithmetic coding and by exploiting temporal redundancies

[Dimitry Andric]

On 2005-09-01 at 23:07:18 Yann Guidon wrote:

> If it was known in advance, then the efforts were fruitless.
> Implementing arithcodes is an easy and effective method.

However, isn't arithmetic coding encumbered with numerous patents?
This might have been the reason that it was never used in Ogg
Vorbis...

There are probably lots more interesting and useful compression
improvents that could be added, if only they weren't patented by the
large media corporations (e.g. Philips, Thomson, etc.)
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