[vorbis] requested new features ?

[Aleksandar Dovnikovic]

Ralph Giles <giles at a3a32260.sympatico.bconnected.net> wrote:

> There is no feature freeze, but we need to get a 1.0 release out before
> the mp3 broadcast-licensing changing at the end of the year. Jack is, I
> understand, exerting some influence on what goes in. Grapevine has it that
> we will get low bitrate modes and joint stereo/surround support for 1.0.
> Also the stream-description metadata if it's ready (unlikely). Nothing
> else has been settled upon, afaik.
> Oh, and and as much streaming support as possible. :)

I see. Well it's no big deal if something is left out of 1.0 release,
because it will be added eventually. Only patience is required. :-)

> If it helps any, I have an unofficial todo list at
> http://snow.ashlu.bc.ca/ogg/todo.html it's a bit biased towards my own
> interests (mostly from lack of other contributions :) but should give you
> an idea what's been talked about so far.

I read it, but I'm curious about Squish - 3:1 or 4:1 lossless audio
compression??
How is this going to be achieved, when most lossless audio encoders are
giving 2:1 at their best?

Greetings,
Aleksandar

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