[vorbis] RC3: I'm impressed

[Greg Wooledge]

Andy (Dale) (andycool22 at peoplepc.com) wrote:

> i keep hearing people encoding at qualities 4.99 and 5.  something about
> point and phase stereo?  if i'm getting this, apparently in the current rc3
> there's a break, and -q 4.99 is like encoding an mp3 in joint stereo, and -q
> 5 is stereo?  sorta?  maybe?

Yes, basically.  At -q5 and above, vorbis uses lossless channel coupling.
Below that, it uses lossy channel coupling (similarities between the
channels allow the encoder to save bits).

<p>> also....if people could email me the quality settings they are
> using,

-q 3.5


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