[vorbis] winamp bitrate (kbps) display wrong

[Steven Robertson]

>I have noticed that when playing OGGs in
>Winamp, the bitrate displayed is always 
>much higher than the average bitrate of 
>the file.  This was using the plugin that
>comes with Winamp v2.80 (v1.2 b7).
>
>For example, the latest oggenc encoded a 
>song to 77kbps - I verified that this 
>matched the filesize correctly.  Apart 
>from the first and last few seconds of 
>the song, Winamp always displays between 
>85 - 103 kbps.  This must be displaying 
>the wrong value.   (or maybe a peak 
>bitrate between each screen update???)
>
>This could be misleading when taking OGG
>to the masses!  Anyone else noticed this?

I have noticed exactly the same effect.  
I'm using Winamp 2.80, plugin 1.2 B19.
The bitrate counter never goes below the 
nominal bitrate while there is sound aside 
from the first and last seconds, and at a 
part of total silence in the middle it
drops just below the nominal bitrate.  The
average bitrate is 4kbps below the nominal,
so it's not just a hard-to-encode file.

Does PP read this list, or should one of us
email him directly?

Steven

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