Well, first of all, to the disadvantage of Vorbis, it is way too slow compared to many MP3 encoders. Second of all, guys, I did not notice any big improvements of Vorbis over MP3... The size issue is not very important here because the size difference is very very small. Best regards, VIc ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Hallenbeck" <hallenbeck@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 2:44 PM Subject: Re: mpg123 > Interesting. But my advice was limited strictly to how responsive > the decoder is to navigation commands. At the moment that seems > to be the sole advantage of trplayer over the others. > I have converted all my local sound files from mp3 and realaudio > to the ogg vorbis format, and am anxious for it to find wider use > too. Even the release candidates prior to 1.0 are impressive. > > On Wed, 13 Feb 2002, Kerry Hoath wrote: > > > I find the mpg123 decoding engine sounds better than traplayer, > > and in fact the mad mpeg decoder sounds better again. > > Not all mpeg decoders are created equal; and some sound better t han others. > > Many people claim that sonique sounds better than Winamp which uses > > the nitrane decoder. > > Freeamp sounds ok as well; and is more multi-threaded than trplayer. > > Hopefully when Ogg/Vorbis hits 1.0 and it is more widely adopted we should > > be able to move onto technology that is better than mp3 is currently > > and that is free unlike the real networks offerings. > > > > Regards, Kerry. > > On Wed, Feb 13, 2002 at 06:25:13AM -0500, Charles Hallenbeck wrote: > > > Greg - > > > You would get better performance by playing your mp3 files with > > > trplayer/realplayer. > > > Chuck > > > > > > On Tue, 12 Feb 2002, Gregory Nowak wrote: > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > I know this was mentioned on the list a while back, but I just can't find it in the man page for mpg123. When playing an mp3, how can you fast forward or rewind it? Thanks. > > > > Greg > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Speakup mailing list > > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > > Visit me now at http://www.valstar.net/~hallenbeck > > > The Moon is Waxing Crescent (1% of Full) > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > -- > > Kerry Hoath: kerry at gotss.net kerry at gotss.eu.org or kerry at gotss.spice.net.au > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > Visit me now at http://www.valstar.net/~hallenbeck > The Moon is Waxing Crescent (1% of Full) > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > >
