[vorbis] new MS codecs

[Chun-Yu]

Well, actually, WMA isn't that bad.  I would say that it's definetely
better than MP3 at equal bitrates.  However, at 192 kbps, the highest
possible setting, it still doesn't sound EXACTLY like the original CD, but
it's extremely close.

Chun-Yu

On Thu, 14 Dec 2000, Aleksandar Dovnikovic wrote:

> "JD Conley" <jdc at malibuboats.com> wrote:
> 
> > Oh yeah, they have some samples on their site.  Interestingly enough, they
> > don't compare any of their sounds to MP3 or OGG, only Real, which we all
> > know is inferior in quality...  Although the original WAV does give you a
> > good idea as to the degredation in quality.
> 
> I remember that Microsoft has compared their codec with MP3 (one of the
> earlier version of wma) - to show that 64kbps wma sounds as good as
> MP3 - but they used stereo 128kbps MP3 and 64kbps mono wma !!
> 
> 
> Greetings,
> Aleksandar
> 
> 
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