Hello xxx,
Thursday, September 14, 2000, 8:54:20 PM, you wrote:
xx> Your comments are outright cruel. They edge on being completely
xx> non-constructive.
Yes, the comments are very direct. It's just: I keep getting mails
from people telling me that OV b2 is out, and that many bugs are
fixed, and that it is claimed now that OV outperforms mp3 quality
wise.
Then I test it, and on the first clip I use, I have obvious audible
artifacts.
I know that it might not be politically correct that I am this
conservative, and I should be more supportive of the new patent-free
format, but I have this whole "hype" feeling about the whole project.
It was not even alpha, and it was on slashdot as "the mp3 successor".
I like innovation, and I never intend to hurt anyones feelings, but I
am honest about my findings. It's just my sceptical person that is
quite harsh in outlet, but I'm just critical on all my tests, so why
should I have sympathy for this format?
If I had to choose a good alternative format to mp3, it'd be that mp+
I tested briefly recently: very good on all I let it encode.
OV is promising, but I still think it has a long way to go to be
"better" than mp3. Perfectly possible it sounds better at 128k or
so, but for archiving purposes it simply isn't good enough yet.
xx> I'm sure that no one will benifit from your attacks.
probably not, but being able to have a different opinion than the
mainstraim one, and being allowed to express it isn't a bad thing.
I'm always open to founded and motivated critique myself, so please.
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