[vorbis] Ogg too good?

[Ross Vandegrift]

> To be sure, the output is very impressive for an average bitrate of 80kbps.
> I'd be happy to listen to a stream that sounded this good.
> I usually use q7, myself.

I'm curious - I haven't really given rc3 the run-through that it
deserves.  Actually, I haven't even encoded anything since rc3 came out.
With rc2, I found that I was almost always happy with -b 256.  What's
-q7 give you as an average bitrate?

Even at -b 256 though, I think it's relatively easy to hear the
difference between originals and compressed - listen for
high-frequency noise.  When compressed it almost always sounds
"digitized".  Don't think that means that Ogg doesn't rock - it only
ever hits my attention when I'm listening for it.

Ross Vandegrift
ross at willow.seitz.com

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