[vorbis] Is Vorbis prone to clipping?

[Giuliano Pochini]

On 03-Jul-2003 Headless wrote:
> Hi,
>
> with the Lame MP3 encoder I reduce the amplitude of the input signal
> prior to encoding with the --scale option to prevent clipping that can
> be introduced due to resampling errors.
>
> Is Vorbis prone to this sort of clipping?

Yes, it's a lossy codes, so it can slightly change the volumes, just
like MP3. AND there is the treble-boost bug which amplifies the signal
by a few dB at low (<6) quality rates.

<p>Bye.

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