[vorbis] SHN

[estokesAA]

Raena Lea-Shannon wrote:
> I am interetsed to know views on how does best quality ogg compression compare 
> with SHN or whether this is this really comparing apples with oranges because 
> SHN does not compress that greatly?
> 
> I am on a Music list  that is doing a Tape Tree.

apples/oranges. Vorbis will usually compress much "smaller" 
because it is "lossy" compression, meaning it discards audio data 
that isn't considered significant.

"Lossy" compression is not desireable for tape/CDR trees, which 
want exact duplication without generational quality loss. SHN is 
non-lossy.

I use & recommend FLAC, which is open source, non-lossy, and 
compresses a little better than SHN. FLAC, like Vorbis, is 
currently Xiph's baby.

FLAC info:
http://flac.sourceforge.net/news.html

Non lossy methods compared:
http://flac.sourceforge.net/comparison.html
(Note: Shorten is the correct name for SHN.)

 > I guess Grateful dead have made SHN the cult leader format.

Phish have embraced the FLAC. As Phish seem to be the new Dead, I 
consider the torch passed.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/24/046255

Es.

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