[vorbis] RE: [advanced] Response to Ogg Vorbis comments

[Trick]

> understands it.  When we stay streaming, it means that the data is
> metered and is transmitted at a precise rate so that it can be received
> on fixed-rate channels (e.g. modems).
[snip]
> This statement does NOT apply to WMA codec since WMA only supports CBR
> encoding (we provide VBR for *video* only).  Take *any* signal and feed
> it into WMA and you will see that it creates the same output file size.
[snip]
> tremendous advantage to a codec, be it video or audio.  You can not
> marginalize the advantage of VBR (better quality) or its disadvantage
> (can not stream on fixed-rate channels or control the output file size).

This would mean that streaming video, as you understand it, would either not 
be possible at all, or mean a huge waste of bits, and (as you use VBR for 
video) that Microsoft chose the first option. Right ?

Go Tarkin! =)


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