[Vorbis] Reg: Bitrates support 576kbps in ogg vorbis

[Sergei Steshenko]

--- On Thu, 12/10/09, xiphmont at xiph.org <xiphmont at xiph.org> wrote:

> From: xiphmont at xiph.org <xiphmont at xiph.org>
> Subject: Re: [Vorbis] Reg: Bitrates support 576kbps in ogg vorbis
> To: "Emima" <emima.j at jasmin-infotech.com>
> Cc: vorbis at xiph.org
> Date: Thursday, December 10, 2009, 9:27 AM
> > I was checking for bit rates
> support above 500kbps in the libvorbis code, so
> > I tried to encode ogg files with bitrate 576kbps but
> the encoder OggdropXpd
> > gives maximum bit rate of only 500kbps. Does the
> Vorbis audio support bit
> > rate 576 kbps?
> 
> Vorbis itself has no real concept of bitrate, and so it has
> no limits.
>  Our specific encoders are not tuned for and do not offer
> bitrates
> over 500kbps (for stereo CD-rate in any case), because
> that's the
> point where it's becoming silly to use a lossy codec; you'd
> probably
> be better off going with FLAC or a lossless codec.
> 
> Monty
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Well, CD audio stereo has rate of 1411200 bits/sec, FLAC and similar will
typically cut it  by half, i.e. at best it'll be 700 Kbits/sec, so there is
some room for Vorbis yet :).

Regards,
  Sergei.