RTP-area local music and culture

["Tim Harper" <tharper AT nc.rr.com>]

"Ron Thigpen" <rthigpen AT nc.rr.com> wrote in message
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> Chris Calloway wrote:
>
> > Two years ago we took at look at the first test, by
> > ff123 at 6kkbs, and generated lots of comments,
> > including some from ff123, wishing for a 128kbs test.
> > This year Amorim, along with help from ff123, give you
> > just that.
> >
> > http://www.rjamorim.com/test/multiformat128/results.html
>
> of course, now the world has spun around a few times and more of us are
> encoding to 192 VBR and greater.  it's fantastic to see vorbis having
> come so far.  now if we only had portable player support (or good grey
> firmware to flash an iPod).
>
> --rt
> -- ch-scene: the list that mirrors alt.music.chapel-hill --
> http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/ch-scene

not to mention multi-channel without the licensing fees.
OGG . . . Vorbis that is. Soon to be on a DVD chipset near you.
DVD-A is such a scam.
Tim