Slashdot interview re: vorbis

[Kerry Hoath]

Then try arecord -b16 that gives you 16-bit output.
arecord -h is your friend.
On Sun, Aug 20, 2000 at 10:15:57PM -0500, Brent Harding wrote:
> It won't take output from arecord, arecord records by default in 8 bit
> sampling rate, which lame won't work with.
> At 02:18 PM 8/20/00 +1000, you wrote:
> >Hi Chuck:
> >
> >As the bladeenc site says, they're not about low bit-rate encoding.  In my
> >personal opinion, lame shits all over it.  Bladeenc reckon they're better
> >at rates over 128K, but I'm yet to hear it.  Lame is certainly better at
> >128K and below.
> >
> >I don't have the August 6 beta, didn't know there was one actually.  Lame
> >does do an OK job at encoding vorbis streams, but only to a point.  The
> >vorbis code up until this week from vorbis.org only really supported
> >encoding at higher bitrates like 160.  Lame will do lower, but I think it
> >uses it's MP3 engine and alters the output to encode vorbis instead.  Don't
> >get me wrong, it still sounds better than MP3 even produced by the same
> >encoder, but I don't think it sounds as good as vorbis will sound at the
> >same rates.
> >
> >I'd look out for another version of lame to hit the streets soon as Tuesday
> >saw the release of vorbis 1.0beta2.  As you may recall from the interview,
> >this does 128K encoding and might even do 96, haven't looked.  The program
> >listed on vorbis.com for encoding has changed from an ogg-ised version of
> >lame 3.84alpha to a program called oggenc.  I haven't tried it yet but I do
> >intend to.
> >
> >I might also say while I'm here that if you want a straight player, then
> >I'd probably recommend freeamp.  But, and it's a big but, you need the
> >latest available code.  There is a version labeled freeamp 2.1beta5vorbis,
> >but the vorbis support doesn't work with any other than the X gdk
> >interface.  freeamp 2.1beta6 will fix this, but last I checked, it hadn't
> >been released yet.  Until it is, you will have to checkout the CVS
> >code.  This does work, believe me.  I finally after 4 weeks of chasing it
> >and E-mails to freeamp developers, have a freeamp that will play ogg vorbis
> >in console mode.
> >
> >If you want some content to listen to, check out www.vorbis.com.  There is
> >a They Might Be Giants song at 96K that sounds quite impressive, and it's
> >only 1.4 meg.
> >
> >Geoff.
> >
> >
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