[vorbis] Quality & Tags

[Dan Hollis]

On Sat, 2 Feb 2002, Wilson wrote:
> > On Fri, 1 Feb 2002, fungus wrote:
> > > So, point 1: Just say "no" to bitrates.
> > The BBC would probably disagree strongly with you. Bitrates are extremely
> > important for live streaming audio over the net to bandwidth-limited
> > receivers.
> > Don't slam the door shut for streaming internet audio with vorbis.
> Every streaming media player I've ever seen supports buffering. As long as
> the average bitrate over a reasonable period of time is correct, the end
> user won't experience any skipping.

But it was just said 'Just say "no" to bitrates'.

If this is really the path you want vorbis to follow, then there won't be 
any way to guarantee 'the average bitrate over a reasonable period of 
time is correct'.

-Dan

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