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Anyone heard of Vorbis? Can it be the Next mp3?

Adul

Adul

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I was not aware of this. I am not sure how any of you even know about it.Anyone tried this out yet? How is the sound quality?



<< The buzz around Ogg Vorbis, besides the fact that it sounds good, is that the format is open-sourced. It's totally patent and royalty free for private, public, commercial, and non-profit consumption, and it's open for developers to continue its evolution. The format itself is called &quot;Vorbis,&quot; while the &quot;Ogg&quot; part refers to the Ogg Project, a multimedia open-sourced initiative in which Vorbis is the primary effort.


This effort has been further fueled by the decision of the Fraunhofer Institute (the German research and development institute and creators of the MP3 format) to begin charging licensing fees for encoders in 2001. The fees would also include royalties for use of MP3 technology in products or streaming.
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Ogg Vorbis has been around for a while now. I think MP3 is ubiquitous to the point where it won't be easily displaced. Remember, Betamax actually had better picture quality than VHS...
 
Weren't Beta and VHS released at roughly the same time? I thought that the only reason Beta failed in the consumer market was that it wasn't available in a long playing format (I think initially it was 1 hr max). Betamax is still going strong though, almost every professional news camera is Betamax and Sony makes a bundle on Betamax equipment every year.

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The other problem with Betamax? They wouldn't open up their secrets to the market as a whole--hence VHS gained greater acceptance and became the standard (for consumers).

I'd be willing to be that if Vorbis is free and Mp3 encoders are not, that will play a big role in which wins out.
 
Actually, news cameras use Betacam, not Betamax. Both are developed by Sony, but they are most certainly not the same.

Look up Betacam equipment and Betamax equipment on E*ay and from the prices you'll see what I mean. 🙂
 
fdiskboy, I think even if Fraunhofer tries to start charging for their encoders, it's too late. The only encoders that would be affected are the &quot;official&quot; rippers like MusicMatch or Real's offerings. There are plenty of &quot;unofficial&quot; rippers already out there that people will continue to use (for free) no matter what Fraunhofer does.

Plus, think about the nature of the existing MP3 community... if there is a way around paying for something, you can bet someone's going to figure it out. I'm using my psychic powers now, and I think there will always be a way to encode and decode MP3s for free. 🙂
 
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