Differences between version 3 and predecessor to the previous major change of OggVorbis.
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| Newer page: | version 3 | Last edited on Saturday, January 24, 2004 10:37:41 am | by AristotlePagaltzis | Revert |
| Older page: | version 1 | Last edited on Monday, February 24, 2003 3:37:53 pm | by PerryLorier | Revert |
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-An Audio Codec
and file format to replace [MP3]. OggVorbis's advantages are better compression and better audio quality and it isn't covered by patents like [MP3] is.
.ogg files support up to 256 channels, variable bit rate etc.
+An Audio CoDec
and file format to replace [MP3]. OggVorbis's advantages are better compression and better audio quality and it isn't covered by patents like [MP3] is. .ogg files support up to 256 channels, variable bit rate etc.
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+In [a test conducted by the biggest German computer magazine (article is in German unfortunately)|http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.09.02-000/] OggVorbis has also been proven to offer decidedly better quality at very low bitrates than any of the competing audio [CoDec]s. At high bitrates, [MP3] and OggVorbis seem to be tit-for-tat
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