[vorbis] wma8 decodings

[Hongli Lai]

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> Van: Jack Moffitt <jack at xiph.org>
> Aan: vorbis at xiph.org
> Onderwerp: [vorbis] wma8 decodings
> Datum: dinsdag 3 juli 2001 21:16
> 
> Monty wanted some samples with which to compare Vorbis and WMA, and he
> doesn't have a Win32 machine, so I made some.
> 
> Microsoft has made their own demo samples available at:
> 
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/en/WM8/audio.asp
> 
> I took their original .wav's, and encoded them with their wma8 encoder
> utility (WM8EUTIL.EXE), using all of the available stereo modes at
> 44.1kHz.  This includes, 192, 160, 128, 96, 80, 64, 48, 32 kbps.  I then
> used the Advanced WMA Workshop
> (http://www.litexmedia.com/?from_WMAWorkshop) to decode the .wma's back
> into WAV.  This is the only program that would let me decode more than
> half the damn file, without paying $30.  I can't believe people charge
> money for these trivial wrapper around Microsoft's filters.

Yes, rediculous. But try this:
http://www.dbpoweramp.com/
Their converter is free and supports WMA, MP3, WAV and OggVorbis.

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