[vorbis] advocacy and added options to ogg123

Joe Cuervo joe at artlum.com
Tue Jan 8 20:46:32 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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