[slinkelist] mpeg2 ????????

[Marty Culbert]

Give it to charity and take the write-off... Or keep the door to your office
open....

----- Original Message -----
From: George Tang <GeorgeT@concur.com>
To: 'Marty Culbert' <studio21@mediaone.net>; 'SLink List'
<slinkelist@nirvis.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2000 11:39 AM
Subject: RE: [slinkelist] mpeg2 ????????


> Well, I've also found that MP3 requires sooo much CPU processing during
> playback.  On my 486/100, there's no way I can play MP3 because the CPU is
> just not fast enough to handle it. Unfortunately, that's the machine that
I
> have CDJ running and Slinke hooked up to.
>
> In a few more month I'll get another faster machine to replace the 486,
and
> have the 486 just be a file server, which is stupid since hard drives are
so
> cheap now-a-days. Anyone else can think of what I can use the 486 for on
the
> network???
>
> George
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com]On
> Behalf Of Marty Culbert
> Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2000 11:19 AM
> To: SLink List
> Subject: Re: [slinkelist] mpeg2 ????????
>
>
> Correct. AAC is a completely different - and superior - encoding method
than
> MP3. They are just as incompatible as .wav and MP3 files are - they
require
> a different decoder. An app like Winamp could easily play AAC files if
> someone writes a decoder plug-in... Or, CDJ could support AAC, or any
other
> audio format, if CDJ could also use Windows MMC decoders (this idea is
fret
> with all sorts of support problems. so I'm not requesting this feature)
>
> On the issue of MP3's and CDs sound quality comparisons: MP3 recordings
vary
> greatly from CD sound quality partly because your CD player most likely
has
> much better DACs (digital to analog converters) than your PC soundcard....
>
> -Marty
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Elron A. Yellin <elron@motu.com>
> To: <slinkelist@nirvis.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2000 8:21 AM
> Subject: Re: [slinkelist] mpeg2 ????????
>
>
> > It is my impression that the latest revision of mpeg-2 audio (AAC) has
> > surpassed mpeg audio layer 3 (aka mpeg3) in performance, but in a
> > non-backward-compatible way.  I could be wrong about this.
> >
> > Elron
> > > I'm bit confused, isn't mp3 = mpeg3 - Audio Layer Only
> > >
> > > As in progressive :
> > > mpeg1 -> mpeg2 -> mpeg3 (the video compression of 3 is (as far as I
> > > know) not yet developed, so Mpeg3_Audio_only = mp3)
> > >
> > > mpeg3 is improved version of mpeg2, right or wrong?
> > > Or is it that improved compression of mpeg3 produses poorer audio
> > > quality than mpeg2.
> > >
> > > -michael (A)
> >
> >
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