On Fri, 24 May 2002 06:05:33 -0700, Steve wrote: > On Fri, 24 May 2002, Ron Clarke wrote:
>> > Why would anyone encode a recording to MP3 instead >> > of ogg? >> Because not everyone has an OGG player, > Not everyone has an MP3 player either. ;-) >> and because MP3 is a touch smaller file size than OGG. > The one time I did side-by-side comparisons between > a wav file encoded to both MP3 and ogg, the ogg format > came out the winner. > Encode the wav file to achieve equal file sizes in ogg > and MP3, and the ogg file sounds better. I suppose I should > qualify that to say that the ogg sounds more "analog." > Anyway... that's how it worked on the TWO *wav files I > experimented with. Obviously, not enough to draw any > general conclusions, especially since both recordings were > so similar... both containing a guitar and a voice. > On top of the practical reasons though, is the fact > that MP3 is proprietary while ogg is open. I *believe* > that by making an MP3 recording (without paying the > licensing fee), you are infringing on the MP3 patent. > With ogg, you don't even have to give such nonsense > a second thought. I have just run my own test of OGG vs MP3 Track #2 of the new Celine Dion CD grabbed to WAV file with DAC.EXE CDNDHC02.WAV 44554000 5-25-02 9:55p - 44khz 16bit stereo 4:12 play time CDNDHC02.OGG 10121304 5-25-02 10:13p - 350kbit/sec 14:12 encoding time CDNDHC02.MP3 10103119 5-25-02 10:49p - 320kbit/sec 19:30 encoding time The MP3 is very slightly smaller. But.... the MP3 is at 320kbit/sec while the OGG is at 350kbit/sec In addition, The OGG file took only about a lot less time to encode. And.... Audiocv.exe places comments into the OGG right on the command line. Command lines used: audiocv.exe -br 350 -ta celine_dion -tt right_in_front_of_me cdndhc02.wav cdndhc02.ogg (line broken for this eMail) bladeenc.exe -br 320 cdndhc02.wav cdndhc02.mp3 (this is Blade encoder v0.925) IMHO, OGG wins. This is the new line I have just added to my copy of mime.cfg file/.ogg |@d:\\audio\\mpxplay\\mpxplay.exe -m $1 -- Glenn http://arachne.cz/ http://www.delorie.com/listserv/mime/ http://www.angelfire.com/id/glenndoom/download.htm http://www.thispagecannotbedisplayed.com/
