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...age 32kb/s stereo with Vorbis using VBR. Quality -2 stereo proeduces roughly 32 to 38kb/s which is too high for many modems. I would have to use ABR, but last I tried that, it utilized too much CPU for my 950Mhz PC, and oddcast doesn't appear to support that option anymore. I've tried AACPlus 32kb/s mono and there is very little difference from stereo as far as sound quality goes. Anyway, I've set up a mono AAC+ stream at 32kb/s for. It's strange that Winamp reports it as stereo but the selection in the the shoutcast DSP is mono. Vorbis q -2 http://soulfm.stationplaylist...

I'm am currently using autuvb4 at q-2 mono 44100. This produces roughly 28 to 34kb/s. It's ok but I've heard AACPlus at 32kb/s stereo and it's definately better, unfortunately. Regards, Ross. >> I'm hoping that Monty and others can improve Vorbis to start >> competing >> with AAC+ at low bitrates. Monty said he had some ideas but I wonder >> if >> anything is being work...

On Tue, Sep 06, 2005 at 09:56:06PM -0500, Jay Krivanek wrote: > Yea, don't get me wrong, ogg is definitely an awesome format but aacplus v2 > is currently the leader in high fidelity quality at low bitrates. 24kbps > aacplus even kicks ass in my view. Is that 24kbps AACPLUS a full 44.1kHz stereo signal with frequencies preserved up to at least 15kHz? (Just curious, not criticising.) As a datapoint, Vorbis aotuv b4 gives ac...

Sorry for the crosspost but it's relevant to Vorbis and Icecast I believe. I'm seeing more and more streaming stations using AACplus, with many listeners being amazed at the sound quality. Most say that a 48kb/s sounds better than a 128kb/s MP3, which would put Ogg Vorbis at around 96kb/s IMO. That means only half the bitrate is required in AACplus compared to Ogg Vorbis for the same sound quality. Up until this codec was...

Sorry for the crosspost but it's relevant to Vorbis and Icecast I believe. I'm seeing more and more streaming stations using AACplus, with many listeners being amazed at the sound quality. Most say that a 48kb/s sounds better than a 128kb/s MP3, which would put Ogg Vorbis at around 96kb/s IMO. That means only half the bitrate is required in AACplus compared to Ogg Vorbis for the same sound quality. Up until this codec was...

I should have provided a link to my low bitrate vorbis stream. It's a mostly easy listening world music format: http://soulfm.stationplaylist.com/listen.m3u Regards, Ross.

Hi Ross, I Agree with your statement. I think the problem is with bringing the quality to the same level, that the principal might be registered. Although sometime back on this list sombody (Hans-Jurgen?) mentioned that it would be possible to implement AACplus in oddcast because oddcast is free. Now if that is true, technically it would be possible to use the same technics (SBR and PS) added on Vorbis OGG. Kind regards, Dennis Heerema -----Original Message----- From: "Ross Levis" <ross@stationplaylist.com> To: <vorbis@xiph.org&...

Yea, don't get me wrong, ogg is definitely an awesome format but aacplus v2 is currently the leader in high fidelity quality at low bitrates. 24kbps aacplus even kicks ass in my view. I hope that this only stimulates even more competitive codecs at dialup speeds. Jay -----Original Message----- From: icecast-bounces@xiph.org [mailto:icecast-bounces@xiph.org] On Behal...

...ugh most people don't really get annoyed by it and are quite pleased with the feel of it. -----Original Message----- From: icecast-bounces@xiph.org [mailto:icecast-bounces@xiph.org] On Behalf Of Paul Martin Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 6:43 AM To: icecast@xiph.org Subject: Re: [Icecast] AACPlus Shoutcast v1.90 On Tue, Sep 06, 2005 at 09:56:06PM -0500, Jay Krivanek wrote: > Yea, don't get me wrong, ogg is definitely an awesome format but aacplus v2 > is currently the leader in high fidelity quality at low bitrates. 24kbps > aacplus even kicks ass in my view. Is that 24kbps...

Greg, Yes, I have noticed that new codec.. AACPlus. Its really impressive in it's abilities, and it's sound quality. I tried to open it up with Windows Media Player and my Flash Player.. didn't seem to like it very much. While It's really kewl as a codec, and it has great support with a couple players, and limited support for the...

A FREE AAC/aacPlus Plugin for Microsoft Windows Media Player that fully supports the Icecast2 Server is available for download here: http://www.orban.com/plugin FYI: This plugin supports .asx for Windows Media Player NOT .pls or .m3u. Also streams can be opened directly by using newly created UIL redirectors, e.g...

Just so you know the what's happening with the competition, Nullsoft has released Shoutcast DSP v1.90 supporting AACPlus encoding for free. http://www.shoutcast.com/downloads/shoutcast-dsp-1-9-0-windows.exe The shoutcast website hasn't been updated yet. You need Winamp v5.1 which includes the AAC+ encoder DLL. Regards, Ross.

...re for radio broadcasting, internet streaming, & in-store music systems. ====================================== ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg J. Ogonowski" <greg@orban.com> To: <icecast@xiph.org> Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2006 3:00 AM Subject: [Icecast] FREE AAC/aacPlus Plugin for WMP Supports Icecast2 A FREE AAC/aacPlus Plugin for Microsoft Windows Media Player that fully supports the Icecast2 Server is available for download here: http://www.orban.com/plugin FYI: This plugin supports .asx for Windows Media Player NOT .pls or .m3u. Also streams can be opened...

...ot; license, only an "encoder" license fee required with AAC and if AOL is giving it away free, there has to be some payment being done somewhere... This DSP does in fact work with Icecast in "Shoutcast compatible mode" and apparently the 5.094 version of winamp also has the AACPlus encoding DLL as well, as that is what I am using right now, and it is working just fine... oddsock At 08:01 PM 9/5/2005, you wrote: >Just so you know the what's happening with the competition, >Nullsoft has released Shoutcast DSP v1.90 supporting AACPlus encoding >for free. >http...

...t would be useful for comparisons. Ross. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karl Heyes" <karl@xiph.org> To: "Ross Levis" <ross@stationplaylist.com> Cc: "icecast" <icecast@xiph.org> Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 1:18 AM Subject: Re: [Icecast] AACPlus Shoutcast v1.90 On Wed, 2005-09-07 at 03:47, Ross Levis wrote: > I'm am currently using autuvb4 at q-2 mono 44100. This produces > roughly > 28 to 34kb/s. It's ok but I've heard AACPlus at 32kb/s stereo and > it's > definately better, unfortunately. I wasn'...

...re for radio broadcasting, internet streaming, & in-store music systems. ====================================== ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg J. Ogonowski" <greg@orban.com> To: <icecast@xiph.org> Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2006 3:00 AM Subject: [Icecast] FREE AAC/aacPlus Plugin for WMP Supports Icecast2 A FREE AAC/aacPlus Plugin for Microsoft Windows Media Player that fully supports the Icecast2 Server is available for download here: http://www.orban.com/plugin FYI: This plugin supports .asx for Windows Media Player NOT .pls or .m3u. Also streams can be opened...

Hello- You guys have done an excellent job with the Icecast2 server. I probably don't need to tell you that, but I did anyway. We are Coding Technologies licensees and have recently developed a streaming audio encoder supporting AAC/HE-AAC/aacPlus using RTSP/RTP, SHOUTcast HTTP/ICY, and Icecast2 HTTP/ICY, Orban Opticodec-PC. More information here: http://www.orban.com/orban/products/stream/1010_overview.html Please note: The HTTP/ICY protocols have just been added, and information regarding them is not up on the web site yet. We are won...

> hmmm.. very interesting.. any info on how they've done the licensing ? No idea how the licensing works. If it's free for the streamer then that may destroy Vorbis's inroads into streaming. I'm hoping that Monty and others can improve Vorbis to start competing with AAC+ at low bitrates. Monty said he had some ideas but I wonder if anything is being worked on presently.

Hi, Up until now, I've been providing narrowband streams at 24kbps MP3. We've reluctantly been using MP3 instead of say Ogg Vorbis due to wider support. But it's getting to the point where low bitrate MP3 doesn't really cut it anymore. With technologies like AACPlus out there in common usage, people have come to expect better and one can hardly blame them. So I thought I'd start a thread on low bitrate streaming in order to find out what people are using and how. There seem to be two issues. The first is which format to use and the second is how to...

Windows 98 is totally obsolete and useless. WindowsXP is a completely different architecture for just about everything except the name Windows. You owe it to yourself to check out WindowsXP, even though it is subsidized by the "eveil empire." :) -g. At 16:00 2005-09-07, Karl Heyes wrote: >On Wed, 2005-09-07 at 23:33, Ross Levis wrote: > > If you have access to a Windows box,