Entries tagged with “audio compression” from O'Reilly Digital Media Blog

Did you know you can enjoy six-channel sound from iTunes? All you need is a decoder, six amplified speakers, and this squirrely software trick.

Can Someone Please Explain To Me Again Why I Can't Loop An MP3 File!? When I sat down to write Part 2 of my rant, I discovered it had been 7 years to the day since my article "Songs in the Key of Beatnik" was published (Electronic Musician, Feb 2000 issue), and amazingly enough, you can still find it online....

I have seen a few posts on some of the podcasting forums that prove some people confuse audio v. data compression. Maybe this short post will help you learn the difference.

The Xiph Foundation (the people who brought you Ogg/Vorbis) have brought FLAC, the Free Lossless Audio Codec into the fold. The Xiph foundation continues on a steady pace to round out its offering and save the free world FHG/Thomson.

The beta release of Ogg Vorbis sets up a possible showdown between proprietary vs. open source audio formats.