[ILUG] ogg-vorbis...

[Paul J Collins]

>>>>> "kl" == kevin lyda <kevin at suberic.net> writes:

    kl> somehow i still feel as if i failed though.  i tried to start
    kl> a thread that might help people with using the ogg-vorbis
    kl> format (as i learned it myself) and yet somehow managed to
    kl> start a distribution pissing contest and a discussion of folk
    kl> tales.

Such is life.  Such is the Internet.  Long may it reign!

    kl> has anyone tried the vorbis tools?  does anyone who *is* an
    kl> audiophile have an opinion on the two formats?  also, i have a
    kl> diamond rio 500, is it stuck playing mp3's, or is there a way
    kl> to play other formats?  what about other players?  has anyone
    kl> set up a home audio system with linux?

I've been using Ogg Vorbis for all my music playback since sometime in
January.  I think it was Nick pointing out that the tools were in
unstable that spurred me into trying it out.

I'm not an audiophile, but I find that Vorbis sounds a tad better than
MP3 at roughly equivalent bitrates .  You can't really compare
directly because Vorbis is inherently VBR with a specified ceiling,
whereas it's an option with MP3.

The best reason of all for using Ogg Vorbis, however, is that it is
not encumbered by patents.

I always mention if a package is in Debian because it's what I use and
because giving that information is a lot more specific than saying
"there's an RPM available".  Saying "apt-get install foo" is
synonymous with saying "It's in Debian", not instructions as such.

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