Encoding with Vorbis

[Posted June 12, 2002 by cook]

Encoding files with Vorbis is the second in an ongoing series of four articles about the Ogg Vorbis audio compression system. "One of the unfortunate legacies of the mp3 era is the common assumption that bitrate directly affects quality. Though it is true that a higher bitrate results in a larger file, it does not necessarily sound better. There are better and easier ways to encode music. As an alternative to dealing with bitrates, Vorbis offers a streamlined "quality" setting control. The values range from zero to ten. The higher the value, the better the final quality."

Encoding with Vorbis

Posted Jun 13, 2002 19:24 UTC (Thu) by DeletedUser1291 ((unknown), #1291) [Link]

I am in the process of encoding my CDs into Vorbis files. I have left 150 or so Audio CDs behind me when I moved from Europe to the U.S., and I miss them.

I'm encoding at quality 3.14, just for the fun of being able to use Pi as a quality setting. I have encoded seven CDs so far, and I can't find any obvious flaw in the files oggenc produces. I use good headphones and one of the encoded CDs is a demanding Carmina Burana that I usually use to show friends how bad their desktop speakers are. So far, no flaw.

Only audiophiles (with audiophile equipment) or supersticious people need to use higher quality. Quality 3 is good for the rest of the world.