[vorbis] bitrate peeling question

[Maik Merten]

Geoff Shang schrieb:
> 
> Hi:
> 
> A friend asked me a question that I was unable to answer, so I'm posting it
> here.
> 
> Can files created by the beta4 encoder be peeled down when that becomes
> available, or is the ability to encode peelable files also not implemented?
> My friend wants to know if they should switch over now or hold off until
> this becomes possible.
> 
> Geoff.

Hello Geoff,

beta4 files can be peeled down, but quality would not be perfect.

On Wed, 21 Mar 2001 Gregory Maxwell wrote:

GM > Yes, you could do it with the files you produce today. But, the
results
GM > would be sub-optimal because the encoder doesn't expect you to be
doing such
GM > a thing. In the future the encoder will produce output which is a
bit
GM > differnt (cascaded codebooks) so it can express to the bitrate
peeling
GM > utility what information it can throw away first.

At the time being there are no peeling tools anyway - but I am no
developer
so I could have missed something...

bye,

Maik Merten

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