[vorbis] microsoft windows media 8 encoder

[Joel Parker Henderson]

> Microsoft seriously wants the low-bitrate / streaming market: 
> their encoder (still partially-beta because it's a command-line 
> tool) goes all the way down to 20 KB/s, which sounds 
> surprisingly well.

I believe the MS 20 KB/s is intended for something simpler than music:
like newscasts (MSNBC), voicemail (Hotmail), help systems (Windows),
sound effects (Xbox), presentations (PowerPoint), and so on.

For these, small size is more important than fidelity.

I am also thinking of things like recording company speeches, university
classrooms, job training, customer service calls, stockholder meetings--
all places where recording is highly valuable but fidelity is unnecessary.

How do companies handle this kind of need today?

How well could Vorbis handle this?

Cheers,

Joel

work: 800-558-2197 joel.henderson at sun.com
home: 415-317-2700 joel.henderson at school.net

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