Re: [MP3 ENCODER] the road to next(v4.00?)

[Segher Boessenkool]

> > wich stupidness are you reffering to?
> 
> 
> Hahahah :)
> 
> 
> There's lots of stupid things that mp3 does.  It's just an old model
> designed under considerations that aren't always valid anymore.

I don't understand this? Did the physics change, or the human ear/brain?

> 
> Mark has said a few times that there are several rather obvious things you
> could change that may increase sound quality.
> 
> jack.

-- Lossless coding is really bad, can be way smaller
-- Dynamic range of the scalefactors is much too small
-- Short blocks is an awful hack

Just look at AAC, it's much better than mpeg-1

Ciao,

Segher

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