[vorbis] Vorbis for low bitrate speech (10-20kbps)

[Nicola Larosa]

> I'd suggest that various encoders (e.g. WinVorbis) may be improved by 
> including options, presets or wizards for encoding speech at very low 
> bitrates. At the moment, you have to be willing to use command-line 
> options like --downmix and --resample to achieve such results.

There will surely be lots answers saying the same thing, but anyway...

You really ought to check the Speex codec, which recently the Xiph family:

http://www.speex.org/

Given your source quality, it could enable you to get below the 10 kb/s 
threshold.

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