Speex dev - Aug 2004 - Is there a version of Speex like Fraunhofer MP3 codec?

Well, I don't know Audiograbber (I run Linux and I supposed it's a Win32
app), but it's probably a matter of writing a Speex plugin for it. You
basically have two options for that: 1) write one yourself or 2)
convince someone to do it.

Now, there are probably other ways to encode in real-time. Under Linux,
that would simply be a matter of: 
% rec -c 1 -t sw -r 16000 /dev/stdout | speexenc -w --vbr - output.spx
where the rec command only reads from the soundcard and sends the audio
to standard out. I suppose it's possible to do something similar under
Windows.

        Jean-Marc

Le jeu 27/02/2003 à 01:03, Ben a écrit :
> Hi! I just stumbled onto your project (Speex) and it seems perfect for
> archiving a radio show I record every night. The thing is, I would like to
> encode in real-time, rather than having to record the wav and then use the
> speex encoder to encode it. The radio show runs 5 hours, so a PCM wav would
> be big to store first and then process with speex (not bad though, except 
> the machine only has a 2GB harddrive).
> Currently I am archiving my radio show using the Fraunhofer MP3 codec with 
> some software
> called AudioGrabber. I just have Audiograbber to record from the line-in on
> my soundcard. I set it to use Fraunhofer to record directly as MP3 mono,
> 16kbps, 11kHz. I believe speex could produce better quality/smaller file
> size. The problem I have is not being able to choose the speex codec in
> Audiograbber instead of Fraunhofer MP3. Just wondering if there's a way
to
> make speex a selectable encoding codec. I'd like to use speex in
real-time
> to record/encode the radio show as it airs. Anything you could tell me
> about this sort of functionality with speex would be appreciated. Thanks!
> 
> Ben
> 
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Jean-Marc Valin, M.Sc.A.
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John, Hi! I gave it a shot and am not sure of what exactly to do. I was 
able to choose it as the external encoder ok and then used the default 
settings, but when I gave it a try on the line-in sampling, Audiograbber 
wanted to record the audio as a wav and THEN apply speex encoding (which 
didn't work). That would probably be fine if I were using NTFS and could 
write files bigger than 4GB, right? The thing is, the computer I want to 
get this working on is an Old Pentium 166 with 32MB ram and 2GB harddrive 
(FAT32).

I don't know how to program and am not sure really how to describe what I 
am looking for. Other than if speex could be a windows selectable codec, it 
would open up a ton of things I could do with it. For radio show recording 
I would think having speex as a selectable codec in windows would help out 
alot of people (or at least get alot more people interested). Anyone up to 
the task of coding it to do this?;)  Please, please. :)

I was just thinking Speex could beat Fraunhofer MP3 for what I do. My 
current MP3 settings are
16kbps, 11Khz, mono. A five hour recording is approximately 35MB. Speex 
sounds like it would be a perfect application for this and achieve 
smaller/better quality recordings. What do you think?

Ben

<p><p><p>>In AudioGrabber, you have the option to set up an
external encoder, you
>don't only have the initial options available. Obtain the win32 compile
of
>speexenc from the speex download page and configure it as an external
>encoder.
>
>John
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Ben" <x-files@qx.net>
>To: <speex-dev@xiph.org>
>Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 6:03 AM
>Subject: [speex-dev] Is there a version of Speex like Fraunhofer MP3 codec?
>
>
> > Hi! I just stumbled onto your project (Speex) and it seems perfect for
> > archiving a radio show I record every night. The thing is, I would
like to
> > encode in real-time, rather than having to record the wav and then use
the
> > speex encoder to encode it. The radio show runs 5 hours, so a PCM wav
>would
> > be big to store first and then process with speex (not bad though,
except
> > the machine only has a 2GB harddrive).
> > Currently I am archiving my radio show using the Fraunhofer MP3 codec
with
> > some software
> > called AudioGrabber. I just have Audiograbber to record from the
line-in
>on
> > my soundcard. I set it to use Fraunhofer to record directly as MP3
mono,
> > 16kbps, 11kHz. I believe speex could produce better quality/smaller
file
> > size. The problem I have is not being able to choose the speex codec
in
> > Audiograbber instead of Fraunhofer MP3. Just wondering if there's
a way to
> > make speex a selectable encoding codec. I'd like to use speex in
real-time
> > to record/encode the radio show as it airs. Anything you could tell me
> > about this sort of functionality with speex would be appreciated.
Thanks!
> >
> > Ben
> >
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Hi! I just stumbled onto your project (Speex) and it seems perfect for
archiving a radio show I record every night. The thing is, I would like to
encode in real-time, rather than having to record the wav and then use the
speex encoder to encode it. The radio show runs 5 hours, so a PCM wav would
be big to store first and then process with speex (not bad though, except 
the machine only has a 2GB harddrive).
Currently I am archiving my radio show using the Fraunhofer MP3 codec with 
some software
called AudioGrabber. I just have Audiograbber to record from the line-in on
my soundcard. I set it to use Fraunhofer to record directly as MP3 mono,
16kbps, 11kHz. I believe speex could produce better quality/smaller file
size. The problem I have is not being able to choose the speex codec in
Audiograbber instead of Fraunhofer MP3. Just wondering if there's a way to
make speex a selectable encoding codec. I'd like to use speex in real-time
to record/encode the radio show as it airs. Anything you could tell me
about this sort of functionality with speex would be appreciated. Thanks!

Ben

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In AudioGrabber, you have the option to set up an external encoder, you
don't only have the initial options available. Obtain the win32 compile of
speexenc from the speex download page and configure it as an external
encoder.

John
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ben" <x-files@qx.net>
To: <speex-dev@xiph.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 6:03 AM
Subject: [speex-dev] Is there a version of Speex like Fraunhofer MP3 codec?

<p>> Hi! I just stumbled onto your project (Speex) and it seems perfect
for
> archiving a radio show I record every night. The thing is, I would like to
> encode in real-time, rather than having to record the wav and then use the
> speex encoder to encode it. The radio show runs 5 hours, so a PCM wav
would
> be big to store first and then process with speex (not bad though, except
> the machine only has a 2GB harddrive).
> Currently I am archiving my radio show using the Fraunhofer MP3 codec with
> some software
> called AudioGrabber. I just have Audiograbber to record from the line-in
on
> my soundcard. I set it to use Fraunhofer to record directly as MP3 mono,
> 16kbps, 11kHz. I believe speex could produce better quality/smaller file
> size. The problem I have is not being able to choose the speex codec in
> Audiograbber instead of Fraunhofer MP3. Just wondering if there's a way
to
> make speex a selectable encoding codec. I'd like to use speex in
real-time
> to record/encode the radio show as it airs. Anything you could tell me
> about this sort of functionality with speex would be appreciated. Thanks!
>
> Ben
>
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Thanks John! :)

Ben
>In AudioGrabber, you have the option to set up an external encoder, you
>don't only have the initial options available. Obtain the win32 compile
of
>speexenc from the speex download page and configure it as an external
>encoder.
>
>John
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Ben" <x-files@qx.net>
>To: <speex-dev@xiph.org>
>Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 6:03 AM
>Subject: [speex-dev] Is there a version of Speex like Fraunhofer MP3 codec?
>
>
> > Hi! I just stumbled onto your project (Speex) and it seems perfect for
> > archiving a radio show I record every night. The thing is, I would
like to
> > encode in real-time, rather than having to record the wav and then use
the
> > speex encoder to encode it. The radio show runs 5 hours, so a PCM wav
>would
> > be big to store first and then process with speex (not bad though,
except
> > the machine only has a 2GB harddrive).
> > Currently I am archiving my radio show using the Fraunhofer MP3 codec
with
> > some software
> > called AudioGrabber. I just have Audiograbber to record from the
line-in
>on
> > my soundcard. I set it to use Fraunhofer to record directly as MP3
mono,
> > 16kbps, 11kHz. I believe speex could produce better quality/smaller
file
> > size. The problem I have is not being able to choose the speex codec
in
> > Audiograbber instead of Fraunhofer MP3. Just wondering if there's
a way to
> > make speex a selectable encoding codec. I'd like to use speex in
real-time
> > to record/encode the radio show as it airs. Anything you could tell me
> > about this sort of functionality with speex would be appreciated.
Thanks!
> >
> > Ben
> >
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