Hall Stevenson wrote: > Where can I read more about Ogg Vorbis ??
http://www.vorbis.com http://www.xiph.com/vorbis > I'm curious exactly how it's "superior" to mp3... They claim to have a better psychoacoustic model, among other things. In my experience, Vorbis handles lower bit rates much better than mp3, and is somewhat better at higher bit rates as well. I don't find mp3 very listenable below 192kb/sec, but a Vorbis file with an average bit rate (all Vorbis files are variable bit-rate) of 128kb/sec is pretty decent. > It looks like "vorbis-tools" is the package I need to download and try > out. Yes. oggenc is the command-line encoder (takes a .au or .wav file as input) and ogg123 is the command-line player. The Vorbis plug-in in xmms is probably out of date. Check vorbis.com for a newer one. Vorbis 1.0 RC1 just came out recently. Craig
