[vorbis] MP3 to OGG translation?

[anthony at 216-164-129-252.s506.tnt1.lnhva.md.dialup.rcn.com]

On Sun, 18 Jun 2000, Michael Smith wrote:

> That would depend on what you mean by 'viable', I suppose. It's easy to do,
> technically (in fact, there's a program to do it in CVS, if you have mpg123
> as well). However, the resulting vorbis file will be: probably bigger than
> the mp3 file, and DEFINATELY of lower quality than that mp3 file. 

I have tried it on a few MP3's. The oggs come out slightly smaller, but
definitely of lesser quality. Good idea to keep them as MP3's.

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