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I've been preparing some samples of a recent pre-rc4 compile for ABX testing, using the PCABX tool at pcabx.com. I was able to run this successfully under win95/osr2 earlier, but now under 98se, no dice. All I get is an error message reading: "Component 'MCI32.OCX' not correctly registered: file is missing or invalid". I found the file online and tried putting it in window...

Anybody know where I can find ABX samples (original and ogg) that used RC3 or better encoding? The only ones I've been able to find are RC2 (or RC1) PS - on a side note, on pcabx.com's "very easy" training samples, I seem to be completely deaf to the differences between the "Original" and their "test" samples. (Distortion sample only), but I do hear everything else up to the "Difficult" samples. Of course, maybe I just don...

...To: <msmith@labyrinth.net.au> Subject: OGG level mismatch Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2000 05:11:02 -0400 I just downloaded the OGG 0.4 encoder and OGG 0.1 plug in for Winamp. I found that the combination has a net gain of over +1 dB @ 1 KHz. This means: (1) If I set this up for testing at my www.pcabx.com web site, people are going to hear a change in the test audio signals when processed by your product that they will of course perceive as a defect in your product. + 1 dB is a slam dunk to hear in a DBT, just about everybody will hear it. Furthermore its not difficult to find highly-compressed...