I was under the impression that "PCM equalizer" means it only equalizes the PCM codec, i.e. WAV files. Have you noticed a significant quality improvement in the EQ for compressed media: MP3, Vorbis, MPC? Chris G>From: "Ross Levis" <ross@stationplaylist.com> >Reply-To: icecast@xiph.org >To: <icecast@xiph.org> >Subject: Re: [icecast] Live stream equalizer >Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 10:21:58 +1300 > >Christopher G wrote: > > Uh, WinAmp 2 with Oddsock? > > You'll probably want an EQ-plugin though, since WinAmp's default isn't > > great. > > >From the Winamp 2.90 release details: >"updated PCM equalizer with code from 4Front Technologies/George Yohng. >Quality is a lot better" > >Regards, >Ross Levis. >========================================>StationPlaylist.com >http://www.stationplaylist.com >Low-cost music scheduling, live assist & automation software. >========================================> >--- >8 ---- >List archives: http://www.xiph.org/archives/ >icecast project homepage: http://www.icecast.org/ >To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to 'icecast-request@xiph.org' >containing only the word 'unsubscribe' in the body. No subject is needed. >Unsubscribe messages sent to the list will be ignored/filtered._________________________________________________________________ Want to check if your PC is virus-infected? Get a FREE computer virus scan online from McAfee. http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 --- >8 ---- List archives: http://www.xiph.org/archives/ icecast project homepage: http://www.icecast.org/ To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to 'icecast-request@xiph.org' containing only the word 'unsubscribe' in the body. No subject is needed. Unsubscribe messages sent to the list will be ignored/filtered.
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Hi Christopher> I was under the impression that "PCM equalizer" means it only equalizesthe> PCM codec, i.e. WAV files.No, not at all. It equalizes the audio after the decoding of compressed audio.> Have you noticed a significant quality > improvement in the EQ for compressed media: MP3, Vorbis, MPC?Yes, definately. The Nullsoft MPEG Input plugin has it's own EQ code which can bypassed the PCM EQ. This was done initially because it was faster and required much less CPU than a PCM EQ. This was in the days when Pentiums were new. But for a long time the MPEG plugin has had an optional checkbox to use the PCM EQ, which was always inferior. All other input plugins do not have their own EQ code so they utilize the PCM EQ. A common complaint until v3.0 and v2.90 was that Ogg Vorbis files sounded flat and lifeless compared to MP3 in Winamp when using the EQ. This was quite obvious on my LPFM station which had a fairly high treble boost and a mixture of MP3 and OGG. When v2.90 was released, Nullsoft switched the MPEG plugin to default to the new PCM EQ. Now all files are equalized the same. Regards, Ross Levis. --- >8 ---- List archives: http://www.xiph.org/archives/ icecast project homepage: http://www.icecast.org/ To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to 'icecast-request@xiph.org' containing only the word 'unsubscribe' in the body. No subject is needed. Unsubscribe messages sent to the list will be ignored/filtered.