[vorbis] Is there an oggenc low bit rate HOWTO?

[Nicola Larosa]

 > I'm looking at two applications - compressing
> FM talk radio (in stereo - maybe around 32-40 kbps) and a voice
> recorder (in mono - perhaps around 16-24 kbps).

I find that -q -1 degrades quality too much. You may want to stick to -q 0, 
but try the resampling and downmixing options, instead.

-q 0 --resample 22050

will give you great stereo music at about 40kbps.

-q 0 --resample 11025 --downmix

hould be good for mono voice, but didn't try it yet.

If at all possible, you should avoid fixed/managed bitrates, and let VBR 
work its magic.

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Nicola Larosa - nico at tekNico.net

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