[vorbis] Format comparison

[Kristoff Bonne]

Greetings,

On Wed, 20 Jun 2001, StarTux wrote:
> Is it just the size of the file that will win over the consumer, or are
> there other considerations too?
> Right now I am trying my best to convince sites that want to transmit real
> time streams to use anything but Windows Media, but its hard. They just
> see Windows Media or RealPlayer, but RealPlayer seem to be pricing
> themselves out.

Hmm. And what about all those radio-stations that use icecast, shoutcast
(or any other mp3-streaming engine?).

Just image this on a webpage:
- Low-quality stream for modem (32 Kbps mp3): click here.

- Medium-quality stream for dual ISDN (80 Kpbs MP3): click here.

- High-quality stream for dual ISDN (80 Kbps vorbis): click here.
- High-quality stream for cable or ADSL only (128 Kbps MP3): click here.

IMHO, people just want to listen to music, at the best possible quality.
If that is mp3 or vorbis; is for -most of them- of no importance at all.

On the internet, content is king.
If <some-very-wellknow-group> pre-releases one song of their new album on
their website, they just want to listen to it. If the only available
format is 'ogg'; and they need to upgrade their winamp for that (I guess
there must be a option to just install the plugin); they will do that!

Cheerio! Kr. Bonne.

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