[vorbis] Vorbis vs Speex

Ross Levis ross.levis at cchlawbase.co.nz
Mon May 26 15:59:48 PDT 2003



IMHO, I don't believe it will make much if any noticeable difference
when encoding at such low bitrates, where the sound is so drastically
different to the original.

Ross.

Greg Wooledge wrote:
> > For the source I used:
> > 
> > Bill Cosby - 9th street bridge (vocal stand up comedy 160k 
> mp3) Bill 
> > Cospy - Noah (vocal stand up comedy 128k mp3) Slinky commercial 
> > (mostly woman singing 128k mp3)
> 
> You converted a lossy format (MP3) to another lossy format 
> (Speex). And you expected it *not* to suck?
> 
> Get the original CD and re-rip directly to WAV.  *Then*, and 
> only then, encode to your lossy codec of choice.
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