Hey...not a amthmetician. But, i like math.
I got Trig, Calc, and other shit under my belt. So, if I can help...I'd be
glad.
-----Original Message-----
From: Monty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Monday, November 22, 1999 7:11 PM
Subject: Re: [MP3 ENCODER] Use mp3 to archive audio CDs
>> On Mon, 22 Nov 1999, Tom Potter wrote:
>>
>> > What is "the shorten program" you're referring to?
>>
>> Someone posted a url to the list.
>>
>> It's a lossless encoder that uses LPC+huffman AFIK, but it's been a
while.
>>
>> It's fairly fast, and gets moderate compression ratios.
>
>Shorten's compression ratios are very good as lossless goes (I know; an
early
>incarnation of Ogg was a competitor to shorten. I got better ratios,
shorten
>was faster IIRC, but the difference on both fronts was very small). If
Shorten
>is still supported, don't bother looking for an old copy of Ogg (which I
>*don't* support any longer).
>
>Depending on the musical source, typical pop music taken directly from CD
as
>data would get between 1.2:1 and 2:1 depnding on the amount of noise
content
>(any cymbals? Kiss your ratios goodbye). Just so folks know what to
expect.
>
>Monty
>
>(BTW, lossless compression is a very nifty problem that I want to get back
into
>once Vorbis is a bit better in hand. I know how to improve on the previous
>generation, but I need to invent some math to do so. Any applied
>mathemeticians on the list? :-)
>
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