[Vorbis] Poor programming support

[levein]

Yes, I did make some mistakes, partly due to the legacy, the software was 5
years old. I described my requirement on an audio programming forum, someone
recommended ogg, and Vorbis's FAQ confirmed it would be the right direction.
Anyway, my first email was just a result of a bad day and frustration :-) ,
nothing more.


On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 1:36 AM, Andrew Lentvorski <bsder at allcaps.org> wrote:

> levein wrote:
>
>> Thanks for all your replies! I've been trying to shrink some audio files
>> for
>> a language learning software. Tried wave format first, but I can only
>> reduce
>> the original 690MB to 80MB despite of a noticeable quality loss. Ogg
>> reduced
>> to 60MB without quality loss...at least I can't tell, it's good enough for
>> online distribution. Final installation file is 31MB, it seems that ogg
>> leaves lots of room for compression program. Anyway, I decided to use ogg,
>> but I didn't expect the programming hurdle.
>>
>
> Sigh.
>
> If your problem is voice compression, you should be using a speech codec.
>  Not a general purpose codec like MP3 or Vorbis which is targeted more at
> music.
>
> It's kinda hard to take your opinions seriously when you make such an
> egregious mistake in researching your own problem.
>
> -a
>
>
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