SaidinUnleashed
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Posted: Dec. 13 2004,06:20 |
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Easy there, young one.
We are very interested in the possible legal reprocussions of the mp3 format, basically because none of us want to go to jail.
Which is where, if all the software patent people have their way, will be where most free software people end up.
As for which format is better, the only thing that's nicer about ogg, is the variable bitrate encoding. Means that silence in an audio file takes up less space than heavy action rocking. Also means that you can encode to a higher max bitrate in ogg than mp3 and it will fit into the same space. For example, I can fit a 192kbps ogg into the same 3mb that I can fit a 128kbps mp3 because the silent and quiet parts of the song take up less space.
And it sounds better, because ogg uses floating point math encoding compared to mp3's integer math. Means more precise harmonics and pitches. Wav format also uses floating point math.
Just a little info from the technical side. ^_^
-J.P.
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