[vorbis] new MS codecs

[Chun-Yu]

Oops.  My message seems to have been sent to Aleksandar instead of the
mailing list (maybe, I'm not sure).  Anyway, I like WMA better than MP3,
but MP+ and OGG Vorbis are generally better.

Chun-Yu

On Thu, 14 Dec 2000, Chun-Yu wrote:

> 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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