similar to: AACPlus Shoutcast v1.90

OK, I've organized this. It's not possible to average 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

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

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

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.

> 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.

Yes it is 44.1kHz. However SBR is not the original, everything higher then 22.05kHz is recreated. Also Parametric Stereo recreates the Stereo experience. The actual audio data is simply a 24kbps AAC stream at 22050 mono. Also it is by no means perfect. The highs do have an artificial feel to them and a little echo. For what it is though most people don't really get annoyed by it and are

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 Behalf Of Ross Levis Sent:

hmmm.. very interesting.. any info on how they've done the licensing ? I always have a hard time keeping track of the license details, but correct me if I'm wrong, but there is no "broadcasting" 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

If you have access to a Windows box, Winamp v5.1 can rip CD's to AAC+. I can't imagine why you would want to do that normally, but it 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

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,

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., icyx:// instead of http:// and rtpx:// instead of rtsp://. This is all covered

Ok, I read the Read Me. So icyx://boa.mediacast1.com:9292/stream.aac works. I don't understand why the http syntax cannot be made to work. This works fine for Ogg Vorbis streams using the Illumination DirectShow filter. Ross. ====================================== StationPlaylist.com http://www.stationplaylist.com Low-cost music scheduling, live assist & automation software for radio

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

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

Hi Rob The stream format has nothing to do with your audio files. I probably have 70% MP3's and 30% Ogg Vorbis files, and 1 or 2 WAV files for jingles on my hard drive. I only encode new CD's to Ogg Vorbis. But my station is streaming in AAC+ format, and I have also streamed in Ogg Vorbis format simultaneously. There is no way I would bother streaming in MP3 format. It's 15+

Just to let everyone know I'm now broadcasting an IceCast2 Ogg Vorbis stream of my LPFM station courtesy of MediaCast1 (http://www.mediacast1.com) for 10 hours a day Monday to Friday 20:00 - 08:00 GMT. Newage, World, Folk, Easy Listening format. 40kb/s mono. Regards, Ross Levis http://soulfm.stationplaylist.com http://winvorbis.stationplaylist.com http://www.stationplaylist.com --- >8

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 rest, I'll stick with the mainstream for now,

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:

I mentioned this 1 or 2 years back but it's still not fixed. I presume it's a Icecast2 server problem. I'm using the latest Oddcast client, and my server host Mediacast1 has just updated to the latest Icecast2. I'm currently streaming a track in Vorbis format called: M?ire Brennan - I L?thair D? It shows this correctly in Winamp on the broadcast PC. On the Icecast Status page,

ummm...what IS your station ? oddsock At 12:10 PM 6/21/2003 +1200, you wrote: >I've specified a number of genres for my station separated by commas >(Newage, World, Easy Listening, Folk) and doing a freeform search on any of >these doesn't display my station. Is a fix needed or should I separate >genres with something else? It is listed on http://yp.icecast.net >