Re: The future of audio compression?

[zutroi]

Industrial One wrote:
> What do you guys think? Will there be a successor to the current state-
> of-the-art AAC codec, or do people not give a damn about compression
> no more since FLACs and high-bitrate MP3s nowadays download in less
> than a minute even in ****ty 3rd world countries? On the other hand,

Jesus, I wish. I'm in Australia and I'd have a hard time getting a FLAC
down in that time :-) We suck!

[Sean[_5_]]

zutroi wrote:
> Industrial One wrote:
>> What do you guys think? Will there be a successor to the current state-
>> of-the-art AAC codec, or do people not give a damn about compression
>> no more since FLACs and high-bitrate MP3s nowadays download in less
>> than a minute even in ****ty 3rd world countries? On the other hand,
>
> Jesus, I wish. I'm in Australia and I'd have a hard time getting a FLAC
> down in that time :-) We suck!

Now now. You guys are on fire half the year. That has to count for
something.

[Industrial One]

On Mar 14, 1:13 am, "Mr.T" <MrT@home> wrote:
> On Mar 12, 7:33 am, Industrial One > wrote:
>
> > I predict 16 kbps to
> > be advertized as comparable quality to 128 kbps MP3 (MP3 will never
> > die), and 32-64 being the new transparency point in audio.
>
> With bandwidth and data storage increasing rapidly for most people, have you
> stopped to ask WHY?
> I predict 128-256kbs MP3/WMA/AAC etc may improve, but see no demand for any
> thing lower.
>
> MrT.

Mr. T, why do you keep replying to my posts?? Did I miss some
important event during my 6-month absence from rec.audio, such as you
coming out of the closet or something?

On Mar 23, 3:44 pm, Jim Leonard > wrote:
> On Mar 22, 8:18 pm, Industrial One > wrote:
>
> > About justification, what about 22.1 audio that will come with
> > ultrahigh-definition video on HVDs? I'm listening to a .MOD right now,
> > vocals and everything, 16 channels and only 20 kbps.
>
> That's not a fair comparison. That's like comparing a MIDI file to
> a .WAV and asking why .WAV can't be that small. They're completely
> different methods of producing audio.

MIDI has no vocals ;)

On Jun 7, 6:48 am, zutroi > wrote:
> Industrial One wrote:
> > What do you guys think? Will there be a successor to the current state-
> > of-the-art AAC codec, or do people not give a damn about compression
> > no more since FLACs and high-bitrate MP3s nowadays download in less
> > than a minute even in ****ty 3rd world countries? On the other hand,
>
> Jesus, I wish. I'm in Australia and I'd have a hard time getting a FLAC
> down in that time :-) We suck!

So do yourself a favor and move outta that desert ********.