Archive of UserLand's first discussion group, started October 5, 1998.

Re: It might be OVER for MP3....

Author:Bruce Hoult
Posted:5/18/1999; 5:52:00 PM
Topic:It might be OVER for MP3....
Msg #:6449 (In response to 6417)
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At the VQF site they say that VQF is part of MP4 ! So it looks like the next thing is MP4...

Uhh .. perhaps you mean that VQF is part of *MPEG* 4., the new MPEG that is using the QuickTime file format.

Remember that MP3 is MPEG *1*, layer 3, not MPEG 3.

I agree with the VQF site -- MP3's sound like crap. A friend was trying to tell me how great the were and sent me a 56kbps one. Horrible! I already had a CD with the same track ("Private Investigations" by Dire Straits) so I encoded it using QDesign Music 2 (in QuickTime 4) at only 40 kbps and it was clearly superior -- the guitar note actually had some attack and the snare drum was much more defined.

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