[vorbis] Vorbis vs Speex

hank hanksmith4 at attbi.com
Mon May 26 21:12:30 PDT 2003



yes I am wanting a direct show codec whitch one do I need?
----- Original Message -----
From: <noprivacy at earthlink.net>
To: <vorbis at xiph.org>
Sent: Monday, May 26, 2003 12:28 PM
Subject: Re: [vorbis] Vorbis vs Speex

<p>> It is the windows version.  Windows versions is all they have.
>
> They've got both the regular version and the Drag & drop version, which
> makes it easy for testing.
>
> I've tried it, but I really wasn't impressed with Speex.  mp3 & ogg at
their
> lowest settings worked better.  Hard to believe an 8kbps mp3 sounds
'okay',
> but with the few samples I tried, it did, and sounded better than speex
> while doing it.
>
> By 'windows version' do you mean a regular installable directshow codec
kind
> of thing....  I wouldn't bother.  Speex isn't that good.
>
> http://rarewares.hydrogenaudio.org/others.html
> http://rarewares.hydrogenaudio.org/files/speexbundle-1.0.zip
> http://rarewares.hydrogenaudio.org/files/speexdropV0.0.7.zip   (uses speex
> 1.0  It's the 'drop' that 0.0.7)
> http://rarewares.hydrogenaudio.org/files/speexdropV0.0.7_srcs.zip
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "hank" <hanksmith4 at attbi.com>
> To: <vorbis at xiph.org>
> Sent: Monday, May 26, 2003 2:19 PM
> Subject: Re: [vorbis] Vorbis vs Speex
>
>
> > I need the windows version
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <noprivacy at earthlink.net>
> > To: <vorbis at xiph.org>
> > Sent: Monday, May 26, 2003 11:43 AM
> > Subject: Re: [vorbis] Vorbis vs Speex
> >
> >
> > > You can also go over to Rarewares
> > >
> > > http://rarewares.hydrogenaudio.org/
> > >
> > > They have precompiled binaries for a lot of stuff, including latest
cvs
> > > versions.
> > >
> > > They also have "Speexdrop" which is like OggDrop & LameDrop.
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "hank" <hanksmith4 at attbi.com>
> > > To: <vorbis at xiph.org>
> > > Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2003 11:33 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [vorbis] Vorbis vs Speex
> > >
> > >
> > > > how do I install this thing on windows?
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "programmer_ted" <ted at fusionapple.com>
> > > > To: <vorbis at xiph.org>
> > > > Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2003 8:42 PM
> > > > Subject: Re: [vorbis] Vorbis vs Speex
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > hank, http://www.speex.org/
> > > > >
> > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > From: "hank" <hanksmith4 at attbi.com>
> > > > > To: <vorbis at xiph.org>
> > > > > Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2003 7:51 PM
> > > > > Subject: Re: [vorbis] Vorbis vs Speex
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > where can I get this speech codec at?
> > > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > > From: "J C Fitzgerald" <v7022 at wave.co.nz>
> > > > > > To: <vorbis at xiph.org>
> > > > > > Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2003 7:23 PM
> > > > > > Subject: [vorbis] Vorbis vs Speex
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I have downloaded Vorbis and played with it, and I have
> downloaded
> > > > > > > Speex but not yet played with it.  My understanding is that
> Vorbis
> > > > > > > is targetted at high-quality audio (music) while Speex is
> > targetted
> > > > > > > at speech quality audio (telephoney and such).  So I have two
> > > > questions
> > > > > > > to ask the group:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > 1.  Which would your experiences show is the better codec for
> > > > recording
> > > > > > >     high quality speech such as radio interviews?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > 2.  Are the hardware player manufacturers looking at
> incorporating
> > > > > > >     Speex as well as Vorbis in the future?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > TIA,
> > > > > > > John.
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