[vorbis] advocacy and added options to ogg123

fungus meditvr at teleline.es
Wed Jan 9 06:55:34 PST 2002



Graham Mitchell wrote:

 >
 > And why Ogg Vorbis?
 > 1) Sound quality vs. file size is very nice.  (I quoted for them that for
 > similar quality, oggs are about 10% smaller. (-q 3 ogg vs 160Kbps mp3))

<p>Only 10? I would have thought it was nearer 50...

<p> > 2) Patent-free algorithms and open-source mean The Man can never take my 
oggs
 > from me.  Also makes it easy to add functionality.
 >

<p>Don't forget: No gaps between tracks. Mp3 decoders can't
play two tracks without a gap between them - no good for
recording albums where there's no breaks between tracks.

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