>>>>> "R" == Raph Levien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
R> I've noticed that gzip reduces the size of .mp3's by 2 - 2.5%.
MP3 file has frame independency. This means that every frame has a
almost same header. gzip uses LZW + huffman coding, and LZW compresses
these headers.
R> It might make sense to use zip _instead_ of the Huffman coding.
So it depends on whether keeping frame independence(it is good for live
streaming) or not.
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