Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2009 08:36:25 +0100 (CET) From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> To: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> Cc: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: best archiver? (for music) Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0903140835120.36577@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> In-Reply-To: <20090314072602.GA75036@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <20090313191520.GA14233@thought.org> <20090313202226.GA47453@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0903132128460.33043@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20090314030558.GB25027@thought.org> <20090314072602.GA75036@slackbox.xs4all.nl>
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> > There is a special codec for speech. You'll find it the > audio/speex port. From the pkg-descr: actually i use it with asterisk - at about 15kbps (VBR) there are audible differences between this and standard 64kbps a-law - but the differences are POSITIVE - speech sounds clearer! > > The Speex is a patent-free, Open Source/Free Software voice codec. > Unlike other codecs like MP3 and Ogg Vorbis, Speex is designed to > compress voice at bitrates in the 2-45 kbps range. Possible > applications include VoIP, Internet audio streaming, archiving of > speech data (e.g. voice mail), and audio books. In some sense, it is > meant to be complementary to the Ogg Vorbis codec. > > This might perform better at compressing lectures. > > Roland > -- > R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ > [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] > pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) >
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