[vorbis] Is this just anti-Ogg FUD?

[Andreas Karlsson]

Jem wrote:
> to his claims? Thoughts?

I´ll give it a shot. :)

> Ogg has to this day, fundemental problems with low frequency encoding. 
> Sometimes refered to as "pre-echo aliasing" ... it is something that is a 

I know what he aims for, but personally I haven´t found this problem. I 
mostly listen to EBM, synth and so on and I haven´t been able to tell 
the diffrence from the CD. What quallity is he encoding in?
I´ve tested OGG in "disco/club" enviroments as well with 
studioequipment. Sure you can tell that there are artifacts, anything 
else would be a lie. But not nearly as much as in MP3.

> [Ogg is not free from patents.] The entire concept of a phsychoacustical 

Can´t comment on this due to lack of knowledge.

> [Ogg is too little, too late.] There are audio and video encoding systems 

No, it is certanly not. There is really no collected effort in the open 
source/free software movement for a free multimedia platform other than 
OGG that I am aware of. None that have come this far anyway.
It is important to have a free option for all heavely patented formats 
out there.
Remember that many gamedevelopers and online radiostations has begun to 
use OGG. The main thing OGG lacks right now is a hardware decoder (read 
portable audio system).

<p>Hopefully this will give you a hand, even though things like quallity is 
quite biased and personal.

Best regards,

Andreas Karlsson

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