[CLUG] Open source mp3-like codec + DirectSound + WaveOut

[Twomey_Mark at emc.com]

Speaker quality is usually crap anyhow,
                                                         I measure
everything on the headphone clarity scale. If the music has a richer texture
with headphones then your usually onto a winner.
That reminds me, playback under DirectSound is dire how the hell do MS
market Windows as a "MultiMedia" platform, music pops and crackles at random
intervals. WaveOut in Quicktime is far nicer. 

Mark.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Donncha O Caoimh [SMTP:donncha.ocaoimh at tradesignals.com]
> Sent:	06 April 2000 15:41
> To:	ILUG at linux.ie; cork at linux.ie
> Subject:	[CLUG] Open source mp3-like codec
> 
> http://www.xiph.org/ogg/vorbis/index.html
> 
> You have to fetch source via CVS, but it compiles easily enough. The
> command line tool doesn't compile but some "example" progs do, as does a
> XMMS plugin. Tested it on a wav file and it was about 200k shorter than
> the mp3 :)
> Audio quality is quite good but I don't have great speakers here ..
> further investigation at home required!
> 
> Donncha.
> 
>