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Von: Mathew Hendry[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 16. Februar 2000 00:33
An: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Betreff: Re: [MP3 ENCODER] mp3 vs. wma
>> Nero 4.0 and Cool Edit 2000.
>They aren't ACM codecs (e.g. they won't show up in Control
Panel/Multimedia/Devices). There is a more recent ACM codec around, though.
>A cracking group called Radium took it upon itself to take the encoder core
from Producer Pro and merge it with the official ACM codec. Just a pity they
didn't use MP3Enc 3.1 as their base...
Let me add some info on that:
Radium is based on FHG 1.2.0.63. It's not bad but I have at least one soundtrack where
it produces complete crap at 128k. Speed is about 3x faster than real time on a 600
MHz CPU w. the high quality bit off and 1x when it's on. However you can't control the
bit directly, it depends on the calling application. With Windows Media Tools it
works, in the fast mode, with some non real time apps apparently in the high quality
mode.
>BTW, QDesign do a rather nice MP2 ACM codec. Under $100, very cheap by their
standards...
I could test that but it doesn't show up in Windows Media Tools (those apparently list
only some formats, one of which is mp3). With other software it does. The advantage is
that it is very fast (10x on 600 MHz). I had some other minor difficulties though that
I don't remember. Test before you buy.
There's another MP2 codec from the computer science faculty of Munich University. This
one however always writes into an extra file. A bit useless due to that
(http://www.ldv.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de/multimedia/).
Darim Vision DVMPEG MPEG2 encode also comes with an MP2 codec that shows up in Media
Components. Only standard settings available (224k) and not very fast. The product is
too expensive in that these amateur MPEG2 encoders can't deliver professional quality
and aren't all that useful for hobbyists..
http://www.darvision.com/
http://darim-gw.kaist.ac.kr/products/dvmpeg/dvmcompare.html
Regards
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