> From: Segher Boessenkool [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>
> Layer II does _not_ have:
>
> window switching (short blocks)
> hybrid transform (mdct stuff)
> bit reservoir
>
> It _does_ have:
>
> much better scalefactors (more finegrained)
>
> The layer II scalefactors are a lot cheaper most of the time,
> and sometimes
> you pay a lot for saving too much :-(
>
> Any other differences I'm forgetting?
MS Stereo and entropy coding in Layer III.
-- Mat.
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