[vorbis] Re: mp3PRO encoder/decoder demo available

[Aleksandar Dovnikovic]

"Michael Smith" <msmith at labyrinth.net.au> wrote:

> >When you say "exactly equivalent to L/R", does that mean
> >that this kind of joint-stereo will take "lossless" similarities
> >(like lossless encoders do) between L and R channel so
> >there's no even theoretical chance that this kind of joint
> >stereo will introduce artifacts?
> 
> Yes. This obviously saves you significantly fewer bits than a lossy
> channel coupling, though - you wouldn't neccesarily want to use it,
> but it'll probably have uses. The more 'normal' use would be lossy,
> I suspect.

Great. That this kind of "lossless" joint-stereo should be always on,
since it can't do any harm. Lossy channel coupling should be labeled
as joint-stereo.


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