[vorbis] mp3stat 2.5 released

[Ed Sweetman]

Yes it's a shameless plug of a vorbis enabled program but other people
have done it so there is precedent, for whatever that's worth.

<p>You can get it at http://safemode.homeip.net/mp3stat_2.5.tar.gz 
Changes at        http://safemode.hmoeip.net/Changelog-2.5
more info at      http://safemode.homeip.net 

mp3stat started out as an mp3 only program to display the average
bitrate of vbr mp3s.  A gui was added sometime after to give a rough
representation of the where-abouts of different bitrates in the file. 
Many revisions later it became what it is now. Mp3stat is a utility that
scans MP3 and Ogg files and generates a linear graph of bitrates per
section of the file (1/500th). It also generates a table of how many
blocks in the file fall under a certain bitrate. Mp3stat allows one to
compare the effect (at least on bitrates) of using different decoders on
the same file or even different codecs on the same file as well as
simply seeing how different arguments on the same encoder affect
bitrate. A batch file mode allows users to compile data about their
entire collection.

It's modular consisting of a two backends (one for each codec) and a
frontend gtk gui (also gtk 2.0). Because of it's design it's quite easy
to extend mp3stat to be more or less detailed about the bitrate
information it can display.  It doesn't try to be a tool to decide
quality, it's only purpose is to show you what it shows you, any
interperations of that data is in the hands of the user. 

It's been designed for speed, compactness, and small footprint on
resources as well as flexibility. 

So yea, I felt kind of left out not broadcasting my vorbis enabled 
program on the list so here it is.  Its only about 3-4 years old.   

No bugs are known to exist in this version (not counting gtk 2.0 gui. I
dont plan on updating that until the 2.0 release makes it into debian)

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