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User:Pepoluan

2008-01-21T05:46:10Z

Pepoluan: Fox links to St. Francis de Sales

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{{title|[[Image:Kikuchi_crop2.jpg]] '''pepoluan'''}}

[[Image:pepoluan_cafe.jpg|frame|Me in a cafe. With lots of red lamp.]]

[[Image:beagle_50x50.gif|left|frame|Original avatar; it is still being used <s>elsewhere</s> in some places in da web]]Yo!

First things first: I was born in 1977, so please work out my age yourself heh heh {{smiley|;}}. My real name is '''Francis de Sales Pandu E Poluan''' (FYI, ''Francis de Sales'' is my patron saint [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintf03.htm] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_de_Sales]. Yes, I'm a Catholic. You gotta problem with that?)

Okay, now that's behind me... um, I live inthe outskirts of Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia. I am familiar with computers since 11 y.o. (with videogames since 5 y.o. but that's a whole different story). My first computer was an Atari 800XL, then I 'graduated' to PCompatibles.

I am an Electronics Engineer specializing in Telecommunications Engineering, with special study of Data Communications / Computer Networks. I currently hold CCNA, MCSE, MCSA, and MCDBA certifications, and am pursuing CISA and CEH certifications. Naturally, with this qualification, I worked as a US [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stock_option Stock Options] trader in my own company, which I established with 3 friends of mine: an ex-bartender, a doctor, and a tax accountant. Sadly, the company is now defunct. So I revert to my previous expertise and am now a Freelance IT Consultant. Tiresome job, though the pay is quite good {{smiley|;}}

My first exposure to the world of Digital Audio is when CDs are first <s>created</s> sold in my country. Later on I got to know MP3. Never knew it's not the best compression, until I stumbled upon [http://www.xiph.org/ Xiph.org]. Then I found HydrogenAudio. And, as they say, the rest is history.

Ever since joining I had wished to contribute to the HA society, and thus I decided to dabble in this Wiki thingy {{smiley|D}} Hope my contributions are welcomed. 

==More De-Tales==

* '''I use [http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-time.html ISO8601]. You should too!!'''
* I use Dvorak keyboard. Now almost as fluent as QWERTY.
* I am active in [http://www.GaiaOnline.com/ Gaia Online] <-- that's a forum where you can have anime-styled avatar that you dress yourself. I am known there as [http://www.gaiaonline.com/profiles/?u=7996213 Doc Pepoluan (click to see my profile page)].
* '''Not''' married. Currently. Working on it. Some glimmering lights on the horizon now {{smiley|D}}
* Musics I like: Lately Trance/Rave/Eurobeat, courtesy of my... uh, ex. Also [http://www.bryanadams.com/ Bryan Adams], [http://www.cakemusic.com/ Cake], [http://www.lpunderground.com/ Linkin Park], and [http://www.fortminor.com/ Fort Minor]. Currently getting addicted to Anime soundtracks.
* I don't really like FPS games. Or RTS games. Gimme Adventure & Simulations every time {{smiley|D}} Currently wasting an unbelievable amount of time playing [http://www.2kgames.com/civ4/home.htm Civilization IV] (BTW do you know it has one of the best soundtrack, ever?) and also Lara Croft - Angel of Darkness (yes, I consider that Adventure genre).
* I program in Pascal, Assembly, then Delphi. Sometimes do VB and VB.Net. Currently dabbling in [http://www.freepascal.org/ FreePascal] & [http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/ Lazarus], trying to make a POSIX-compliant OS wholly from Pascal {{smiley|D}}
* My knowledge of C is basic. C++ even less. Suffice to say, I disdain them.
* My Yahoo!Messenger ID is pepoluan
* My MSN!Messenger ID is pepoluan@hotmail.com <-- '''''not''''' my email address.
* My current audio player, and tagger, and organizer... is '''[[foobar2000]]'''. But I still keep [[Winamp]] for lyrics editing
** My foobar2000 'look' can be seen [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=43077&view=findpost&p=412804 here]
** For tagging, I also use [[Download page#Windows 4|MP3Tag]] and [[Download page#Windows 4|TagScanner]]
* My encoding of choice:
** [[Lossless]]: [[WavPack]]
** [[Lossy]]:
*** On my PC: [[Lancer]] 200608xx -q 1
*** On my BenQ-Siemens EF51: [[MP3]]
* A photo of me can be found at: [http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v298/pepoluan/f-199806_small.jpg Photobucket], and also some at [http://www.friendster.com/pepoluan Friendster].
* I do Sound Post-Processing for some bands in my country but just as a hobby. The tool I use is [[Adobe Audition]]. Currently studying [http://www.flstudio.com/ FL Studio 6 XXL] for loops.
* Manga's I like: Great Teacher Onizuka (GTO), ... and some hentai manga's...
* Anime's I like: Kyo Kara Maoh (God (?) Save Our King), Cardcaptor Sakura, Samurai 7, Paradise Kiss, Yu Yu Hakusho, Gun X Sword, Midori no Hibi, Onegai! Teacher

{| align="center" style="border:2px solid green;" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="5"
! colspan="2" style="background:#ffcccc;" |My PGP Public Key
|-
! style="background:#ffee88;"|Key ID: 0x837BC9D9
! style="background:orange;"|Fingerprint: 36BE 22A3 185E EAC8 C798 6DFE EFAD 28A9 837B C9D9
|-
| colspan="2" | ''Complete public key removed due to ugliness. It may still be available in the [http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=User:Pepoluan&action=history history] {{smiley|;}}''
|}
{{Clr}}

''Finally'', feel free to yap at me through PM at HA Forums or [[User talk:Pepoluan|my discussion page]].

Peace!

User:Pepoluan

2008-01-21T05:45:20Z

Pepoluan: Links to St. Francis de Sales

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{{title|[[Image:Kikuchi_crop2.jpg]] '''pepoluan'''}}

[[Image:pepoluan_cafe.jpg|frame|Me in a cafe. With lots of red lamp.]]

[[Image:beagle_50x50.gif|left|frame|Original avatar; it is still being used <s>elsewhere</s> in some places in da web]]Yo!

First things first: I was born in 1977, so please work out my age yourself heh heh {{smiley|;}}. My real name is '''Francis de Sales Pandu E Poluan''' (FYI, ''Francis de Sales'' is my patron saint [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintf03.htm [1]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_de_Sales [2]]. Yes, I'm a Catholic. You gotta problem with that?)

Okay, now that's behind me... um, I live inthe outskirts of Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia. I am familiar with computers since 11 y.o. (with videogames since 5 y.o. but that's a whole different story). My first computer was an Atari 800XL, then I 'graduated' to PCompatibles.

I am an Electronics Engineer specializing in Telecommunications Engineering, with special study of Data Communications / Computer Networks. I currently hold CCNA, MCSE, MCSA, and MCDBA certifications, and am pursuing CISA and CEH certifications. Naturally, with this qualification, I worked as a US [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stock_option Stock Options] trader in my own company, which I established with 3 friends of mine: an ex-bartender, a doctor, and a tax accountant. Sadly, the company is now defunct. So I revert to my previous expertise and am now a Freelance IT Consultant. Tiresome job, though the pay is quite good {{smiley|;}}

My first exposure to the world of Digital Audio is when CDs are first <s>created</s> sold in my country. Later on I got to know MP3. Never knew it's not the best compression, until I stumbled upon [http://www.xiph.org/ Xiph.org]. Then I found HydrogenAudio. And, as they say, the rest is history.

Ever since joining I had wished to contribute to the HA society, and thus I decided to dabble in this Wiki thingy {{smiley|D}} Hope my contributions are welcomed. 

==More De-Tales==

* '''I use [http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-time.html ISO8601]. You should too!!'''
* I use Dvorak keyboard. Now almost as fluent as QWERTY.
* I am active in [http://www.GaiaOnline.com/ Gaia Online] <-- that's a forum where you can have anime-styled avatar that you dress yourself. I am known there as [http://www.gaiaonline.com/profiles/?u=7996213 Doc Pepoluan (click to see my profile page)].
* '''Not''' married. Currently. Working on it. Some glimmering lights on the horizon now {{smiley|D}}
* Musics I like: Lately Trance/Rave/Eurobeat, courtesy of my... uh, ex. Also [http://www.bryanadams.com/ Bryan Adams], [http://www.cakemusic.com/ Cake], [http://www.lpunderground.com/ Linkin Park], and [http://www.fortminor.com/ Fort Minor]. Currently getting addicted to Anime soundtracks.
* I don't really like FPS games. Or RTS games. Gimme Adventure & Simulations every time {{smiley|D}} Currently wasting an unbelievable amount of time playing [http://www.2kgames.com/civ4/home.htm Civilization IV] (BTW do you know it has one of the best soundtrack, ever?) and also Lara Croft - Angel of Darkness (yes, I consider that Adventure genre).
* I program in Pascal, Assembly, then Delphi. Sometimes do VB and VB.Net. Currently dabbling in [http://www.freepascal.org/ FreePascal] & [http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/ Lazarus], trying to make a POSIX-compliant OS wholly from Pascal {{smiley|D}}
* My knowledge of C is basic. C++ even less. Suffice to say, I disdain them.
* My Yahoo!Messenger ID is pepoluan
* My MSN!Messenger ID is pepoluan@hotmail.com <-- '''''not''''' my email address.
* My current audio player, and tagger, and organizer... is '''[[foobar2000]]'''. But I still keep [[Winamp]] for lyrics editing
** My foobar2000 'look' can be seen [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=43077&view=findpost&p=412804 here]
** For tagging, I also use [[Download page#Windows 4|MP3Tag]] and [[Download page#Windows 4|TagScanner]]
* My encoding of choice:
** [[Lossless]]: [[WavPack]]
** [[Lossy]]:
*** On my PC: [[Lancer]] 200608xx -q 1
*** On my BenQ-Siemens EF51: [[MP3]]
* A photo of me can be found at: [http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v298/pepoluan/f-199806_small.jpg Photobucket], and also some at [http://www.friendster.com/pepoluan Friendster].
* I do Sound Post-Processing for some bands in my country but just as a hobby. The tool I use is [[Adobe Audition]]. Currently studying [http://www.flstudio.com/ FL Studio 6 XXL] for loops.
* Manga's I like: Great Teacher Onizuka (GTO), ... and some hentai manga's...
* Anime's I like: Kyo Kara Maoh (God (?) Save Our King), Cardcaptor Sakura, Samurai 7, Paradise Kiss, Yu Yu Hakusho, Gun X Sword, Midori no Hibi, Onegai! Teacher

{| align="center" style="border:2px solid green;" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="5"
! colspan="2" style="background:#ffcccc;" |My PGP Public Key
|-
! style="background:#ffee88;"|Key ID: 0x837BC9D9
! style="background:orange;"|Fingerprint: 36BE 22A3 185E EAC8 C798 6DFE EFAD 28A9 837B C9D9
|-
| colspan="2" | ''Complete public key removed due to ugliness. It may still be available in the [http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=User:Pepoluan&action=history history] {{smiley|;}}''
|}
{{Clr}}

''Finally'', feel free to yap at me through PM at HA Forums or [[User talk:Pepoluan|my discussion page]].

Peace!

User:Pepoluan

2008-01-21T05:43:33Z

Pepoluan: Name

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{{title|[[Image:Kikuchi_crop2.jpg]] '''pepoluan'''}}

[[Image:pepoluan_cafe.jpg|frame|Me in a cafe. With lots of red lamp.]]

[[Image:beagle_50x50.gif|left|frame|Original avatar; it is still being used <s>elsewhere</s> in some places in da web]]Yo!

First things first: I was born in 1977, so please work out my age yourself heh heh {{smiley|;}}. My real name is '''Francis de Sales Pandu E Poluan''' (FYI, ''Francis de Sales'' is my patron saint. Yes, I'm a Catholic. You gotta problem with that?)

Okay, now that's behind me... um, I live inthe outskirts of Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia. I am familiar with computers since 11 y.o. (with videogames since 5 y.o. but that's a whole different story). My first computer was an Atari 800XL, then I 'graduated' to PCompatibles.

I am an Electronics Engineer specializing in Telecommunications Engineering, with special study of Data Communications / Computer Networks. I currently hold CCNA, MCSE, MCSA, and MCDBA certifications, and am pursuing CISA and CEH certifications. Naturally, with this qualification, I worked as a US [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stock_option Stock Options] trader in my own company, which I established with 3 friends of mine: an ex-bartender, a doctor, and a tax accountant. Sadly, the company is now defunct. So I revert to my previous expertise and am now a Freelance IT Consultant. Tiresome job, though the pay is quite good {{smiley|;}}

My first exposure to the world of Digital Audio is when CDs are first <s>created</s> sold in my country. Later on I got to know MP3. Never knew it's not the best compression, until I stumbled upon [http://www.xiph.org/ Xiph.org]. Then I found HydrogenAudio. And, as they say, the rest is history.

Ever since joining I had wished to contribute to the HA society, and thus I decided to dabble in this Wiki thingy {{smiley|D}} Hope my contributions are welcomed. 

==More De-Tales==

* '''I use [http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-time.html ISO8601]. You should too!!'''
* I use Dvorak keyboard. Now almost as fluent as QWERTY.
* I am active in [http://www.GaiaOnline.com/ Gaia Online] <-- that's a forum where you can have anime-styled avatar that you dress yourself. I am known there as [http://www.gaiaonline.com/profiles/?u=7996213 Doc Pepoluan (click to see my profile page)].
* '''Not''' married. Currently. Working on it. Some glimmering lights on the horizon now {{smiley|D}}
* Musics I like: Lately Trance/Rave/Eurobeat, courtesy of my... uh, ex. Also [http://www.bryanadams.com/ Bryan Adams], [http://www.cakemusic.com/ Cake], [http://www.lpunderground.com/ Linkin Park], and [http://www.fortminor.com/ Fort Minor]. Currently getting addicted to Anime soundtracks.
* I don't really like FPS games. Or RTS games. Gimme Adventure & Simulations every time {{smiley|D}} Currently wasting an unbelievable amount of time playing [http://www.2kgames.com/civ4/home.htm Civilization IV] (BTW do you know it has one of the best soundtrack, ever?) and also Lara Croft - Angel of Darkness (yes, I consider that Adventure genre).
* I program in Pascal, Assembly, then Delphi. Sometimes do VB and VB.Net. Currently dabbling in [http://www.freepascal.org/ FreePascal] & [http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/ Lazarus], trying to make a POSIX-compliant OS wholly from Pascal {{smiley|D}}
* My knowledge of C is basic. C++ even less. Suffice to say, I disdain them.
* My Yahoo!Messenger ID is pepoluan
* My MSN!Messenger ID is pepoluan@hotmail.com <-- '''''not''''' my email address.
* My current audio player, and tagger, and organizer... is '''[[foobar2000]]'''. But I still keep [[Winamp]] for lyrics editing
** My foobar2000 'look' can be seen [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=43077&view=findpost&p=412804 here]
** For tagging, I also use [[Download page#Windows 4|MP3Tag]] and [[Download page#Windows 4|TagScanner]]
* My encoding of choice:
** [[Lossless]]: [[WavPack]]
** [[Lossy]]:
*** On my PC: [[Lancer]] 200608xx -q 1
*** On my BenQ-Siemens EF51: [[MP3]]
* A photo of me can be found at: [http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v298/pepoluan/f-199806_small.jpg Photobucket], and also some at [http://www.friendster.com/pepoluan Friendster].
* I do Sound Post-Processing for some bands in my country but just as a hobby. The tool I use is [[Adobe Audition]]. Currently studying [http://www.flstudio.com/ FL Studio 6 XXL] for loops.
* Manga's I like: Great Teacher Onizuka (GTO), ... and some hentai manga's...
* Anime's I like: Kyo Kara Maoh (God (?) Save Our King), Cardcaptor Sakura, Samurai 7, Paradise Kiss, Yu Yu Hakusho, Gun X Sword, Midori no Hibi, Onegai! Teacher

{| align="center" style="border:2px solid green;" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="5"
! colspan="2" style="background:#ffcccc;" |My PGP Public Key
|-
! style="background:#ffee88;"|Key ID: 0x837BC9D9
! style="background:orange;"|Fingerprint: 36BE 22A3 185E EAC8 C798 6DFE EFAD 28A9 837B C9D9
|-
| colspan="2" | ''Complete public key removed due to ugliness. It may still be available in the [http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=User:Pepoluan&action=history history] {{smiley|;}}''
|}
{{Clr}}

''Finally'', feel free to yap at me through PM at HA Forums or [[User talk:Pepoluan|my discussion page]].

Peace!

User:Pepoluan

2008-01-07T17:36:42Z

Pepoluan:

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{{title|[[Image:Kikuchi_crop2.jpg]] '''pepoluan'''}}

[[Image:pepoluan_cafe.jpg|frame|Me in a cafe. With lots of red lamp.]]

[[Image:beagle_50x50.gif|left|frame|Original avatar; it is still being used <s>elsewhere</s> in some places in da web]]Yo!

First things first: I was born in 1977, so please work out my age yourself heh heh {{smiley|;}}

Okay, now that's behind me... um, I live inthe outskirts of Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia. I am familiar with computers since 11 y.o. (with videogames since 5 y.o. but that's a whole different story). My first computer was an Atari 800XL, then I 'graduated' to PCompatibles.

I am an Electronics Engineer specializing in Telecommunications Engineering, with special study of Data Communications / Computer Networks. I currently hold CCNA, MCSE, MCSA, and MCDBA certifications, and am pursuing CISA and CEH certifications. Naturally, with this qualification, I worked as a US [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stock_option Stock Options] trader in my own company, which I established with 3 friends of mine: an ex-bartender, a doctor, and a tax accountant. Sadly, the company is now defunct. So I revert to my previous expertise and am now a Freelance IT Consultant. Tiresome job, though the pay is quite good {{smiley|;}}

My first exposure to the world of Digital Audio is when CDs are first <s>created</s> sold in my country. Later on I got to know MP3. Never knew it's not the best compression, until I stumbled upon [http://www.xiph.org/ Xiph.org]. Then I found HydrogenAudio. And, as they say, the rest is history.

Ever since joining I had wished to contribute to the HA society, and thus I decided to dabble in this Wiki thingy {{smiley|D}} Hope my contributions are welcomed. 

==More De-Tales==

* '''I use [http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-time.html ISO8601]. You should too!!'''
* I use Dvorak keyboard. Now almost as fluent as QWERTY.
* I am active in [http://www.GaiaOnline.com/ Gaia Online] <-- that's a forum where you can have anime-styled avatar that you dress yourself. I am known there as [http://www.gaiaonline.com/profiles/?u=7996213 Doc Pepoluan (click to see my profile page)].
* '''Not''' married. Currently. Working on it. Some glimmering lights on the horizon now {{smiley|D}}
* Musics I like: Lately Trance/Rave/Eurobeat, courtesy of my... uh, ex. Also [http://www.bryanadams.com/ Bryan Adams], [http://www.cakemusic.com/ Cake], [http://www.lpunderground.com/ Linkin Park], and [http://www.fortminor.com/ Fort Minor]. Currently getting addicted to Anime soundtracks.
* I don't really like FPS games. Or RTS games. Gimme Adventure & Simulations every time {{smiley|D}} Currently wasting an unbelievable amount of time playing [http://www.2kgames.com/civ4/home.htm Civilization IV] (BTW do you know it has one of the best soundtrack, ever?) and also Lara Croft - Angel of Darkness (yes, I consider that Adventure genre).
* I program in Pascal, Assembly, then Delphi. Sometimes do VB and VB.Net. Currently dabbling in [http://www.freepascal.org/ FreePascal] & [http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/ Lazarus], trying to make a POSIX-compliant OS wholly from Pascal {{smiley|D}}
* My knowledge of C is basic. C++ even less. Suffice to say, I disdain them.
* My Yahoo!Messenger ID is pepoluan
* My MSN!Messenger ID is pepoluan@hotmail.com <-- '''''not''''' my email address.
* My current audio player, and tagger, and organizer... is '''[[foobar2000]]'''. But I still keep [[Winamp]] for lyrics editing
** My foobar2000 'look' can be seen [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=43077&view=findpost&p=412804 here]
** For tagging, I also use [[Download page#Windows 4|MP3Tag]] and [[Download page#Windows 4|TagScanner]]
* My encoding of choice:
** [[Lossless]]: [[WavPack]]
** [[Lossy]]:
*** On my PC: [[Lancer]] 200608xx -q 1
*** On my BenQ-Siemens EF51: [[MP3]]
* A photo of me can be found at: [http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v298/pepoluan/f-199806_small.jpg Photobucket], and also some at [http://www.friendster.com/pepoluan Friendster].
* I do Sound Post-Processing for some bands in my country but just as a hobby. The tool I use is [[Adobe Audition]]. Currently studying [http://www.flstudio.com/ FL Studio 6 XXL] for loops.
* Manga's I like: Great Teacher Onizuka (GTO), ... and some hentai manga's...
* Anime's I like: Kyo Kara Maoh (God (?) Save Our King), Cardcaptor Sakura, Samurai 7, Paradise Kiss, Yu Yu Hakusho, Gun X Sword, Midori no Hibi, Onegai! Teacher

{| align="center" style="border:2px solid green;" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="5"
! colspan="2" style="background:#ffcccc;" |My PGP Public Key
|-
! style="background:#ffee88;"|Key ID: 0x837BC9D9
! style="background:orange;"|Fingerprint: 36BE 22A3 185E EAC8 C798 6DFE EFAD 28A9 837B C9D9
|-
| colspan="2" | ''Complete public key removed due to ugliness. It may still be available in the [http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=User:Pepoluan&action=history history] {{smiley|;}}''
|}
{{Clr}}

''Finally'', feel free to yap at me through PM at HA Forums or [[User talk:Pepoluan|my discussion page]].

Peace!

User:Pepoluan

2007-10-22T20:45:50Z

Pepoluan: /* More De-Tales */ MSN now active... and then some :-)

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{{title|[[Image:Kikuchi_crop2.jpg]] '''pepoluan'''}}

[[Image:pepoluan_cafe.jpg|frame|Me in a cafe. With lots of red lamp.]]

[[Image:beagle_50x50.gif|left|frame|Original avatar; it is still being used <s>elsewhere</s> in some places in da web]]Yo!

First things first: I was born in 1977, so please work out my age yourself heh heh {{smiley|;}}

Okay, now that's behind me... um, I live inthe outskirts of Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia. I am familiar with computers since 11 y.o. (with videogames since 5 y.o. but that's a whole different story). My first computer was an Atari 800XL, then I 'graduated' to PCompatibles.

I am an Electronics Engineer specializing in Telecommunications Engineering, with special study of Data Communications / Computer Networks. I currently hold CCNA, MCSE, MCSA, and MCDBA certifications, and am pursuing CISA and CEH certifications. Naturally, with this qualification, I worked as a US [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stock_option Stock Options] trader in my own company, which I established with 3 friends of mine: an ex-bartender, a doctor, and a tax accountant. Sadly, the company is now defunct. So I revert to my previous expertise and am now a Freelance IT Consultant. Tiresome job, though the pay is quite good {{smiley|;}}

My first exposure to the world of Digital Audio is when CDs are first <s>created</s> sold in my country. Later on I got to know MP3. Never knew it's not the best compression, until I stumbled upon [http://www.xiph.org/ Xiph.org]. Then I found HydrogenAudio. And, as they say, the rest is history.

Ever since joining I had wished to contribute to the HA society, and thus I decided to dabble in this Wiki thingy {{smiley|D}} Hope my contributions are welcomed. 

==More De-Tales==

* '''I use [http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-time.html ISO8601]. You should too!!'''
* I use Dvorak keyboard. Now almost as fluent as QWERTY.
* I am active in [http://www.GaiaOnline.com/ Gaia Online] <-- that's a forum where you can have anime-styled avatar that you dress yourself. I am known there as [http://www.gaiaonline.com/profiles/?u=7996213 Doc Pepoluan (click to see my profile page)].
* '''Not''' married. Currently. Working on it. Some glimmering lights on the horizon now {{smiley|D}}
* Musics I like: Lately Trance/Rave/Eurobeat, courtesy of my... uh, ex. Also [http://www.bryanadams.com/ Bryan Adams], [http://www.cakemusic.com/ Cake], [http://www.lpunderground.com/ Linkin Park], and [http://www.fortminor.com/ Fort Minor]. Currently getting addicted to Anime soundtracks.
* I don't really like FPS games. Or RTS games. Gimme Adventure & Simulations every time {{smiley|D}} Currently wasting an unbelievable amount of time playing [http://www.2kgames.com/civ4/home.htm Civilization IV] (BTW do you know it has one of the best soundtrack, ever?) and also Lara Croft - Angel of Darkness (yes, I consider that Adventure genre).
* I program in Pascal, Assembly, then Delphi. Sometimes do VB and VB.Net. Currently dabbling in [http://www.freepascal.org/ FreePascal] & [http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/ Lazarus], trying to make a POSIX-compliant OS wholly from Pascal {{smiley|D}}
* My knowledge of C is basic. C++ even less. Suffice to say, I disdain them.
* My Yahoo!Messenger ID is pepoluan
* My MSN!Messenger ID is pepoluan@hotmail.com <-- '''''not''''' my email address.
* My current audio player, and tagger, and organizer... is '''[[foobar2000]]'''. But I still keep [[Winamp]] for lyrics editing
** My foobar2000 'look' can be seen [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=43077&view=findpost&p=412804 here]
** For tagging, I also use [[Download page#Windows 4|MP3Tag]] and [[Download page#Windows 4|TagScanner]]
* My encoding of choice:
** [[Lossless]]: [[OptimFrog]] and [[LA]]
** [[Lossy]]:
*** On my PC: [[Lancer]] 200608xx -q 1
*** On my iPaq 2210: [[Lancer]] 200608xx -q -0.5 (played with [[GSPlayer]])
*** On my Nokia 6230: [[AAC|CT-AAC+]] 52kbps [[Stereo]]
* A photo of me can be found at: [http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v298/pepoluan/f-199806_small.jpg Photobucket], and also some at [http://www.friendster.com/pepoluan Friendster].
* I do Sound Post-Processing for some bands in my country but just as a hobby. The tool I use is [[Adobe Audition]]. Currently studying [http://www.flstudio.com/ FL Studio 6 XXL] for loops.
* Manga's I like: Great Teacher Onizuka (GTO), ... and some hentai manga's...
* Anime's I like: Kyo Kara Maoh (God (?) Save Our King), Cardcaptor Sakura, Samurai 7, Paradise Kiss, Yu Yu Hakusho, Gun X Sword, Midori no Hibi, Onegai! Teacher

{| align="center" style="border:2px solid green;" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="5"
! colspan="2" style="background:#ffcccc;" |My PGP Public Key
|-
! style="background:#ffee88;"|Key ID: 0x837BC9D9
! style="background:orange;"|Fingerprint: 36BE 22A3 185E EAC8 C798 6DFE EFAD 28A9 837B C9D9
|-
| colspan="2" | ''Complete public key removed due to ugliness. It may still be available in the [http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=User:Pepoluan&action=history history] {{smiley|;}}''
|}
{{Clr}}

''Finally'', feel free to yap at me through PM at HA Forums or [[User talk:Pepoluan|my discussion page]].

Peace!

Download page

2007-10-22T20:31:53Z

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All programs mentioned anywhere in the wiki can be downloaded here.

'''Note:''' Linux downloads have been migrated here. The older Download Linux page will not be maintained anymore.

See also the [[:Category:Software|Software Category]] article for more software not listed here.

=CD Rippers=
==Windows==
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #ccccff; margin-bottom: 20px;"
|- style="background:#ccccff"
! style="width:150px;" | Name
! style="width:90px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! style="width:300px;" | Description
|-
! align="left" | [[CDex]]
| GPL
| [http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/ here]
| align="left" | An open-source ripper for Windows that uses cdparanoia functionality
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[DBpowerAMP with AccurateRip|DBpowerAMP]]
| Free
| [http://www.dbpoweramp.com/ here]
| align="left" | A secure ripper for Windows that includes Accurate Stream functionality
|-
! align="left" | Deep Ripper
| GPL
| [http://www.deepburner.com/ here]
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[EAC]]
| Free
| [http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/ here]
| align="left" | A secure ripper for Windows, C2 error pointers, Accurate Stream, etc.
|-
! align="left" | [[BonkEnc]]
| GPL
| [http://www.bonkenc.org/ here]
| align="left" | Ripper with [[Cdparanoia]] support. It's an open-source projekt.
|}

==Mac OS/X==
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #bbffbb; margin-bottom: 20px;"
|- style="background:#bbffbb;"
! style="width:150px;" | Name
! style="width:90px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! style="width:350px;" | Description
|-
! align="left" | [[Max]]
| GPL
| [http://sbooth.org/Max/ here]
| align="left" | A secure ripper for OS/X that uses additional cdparanoia functionality
|}

==Linux==
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #ffcccc; margin-bottom: 20px;"
|- style="background:#ffcccc;"
! style="width:150px;" | Name
! style="width:90px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! style="width:320px;" | Description
|- style="background-color:#eeeeee;"
! align="left" | abcde
| GPL
|[http://www.hispalinux.es/~data/abcde.php here]
| align="left" | A command-line based ripper with cdparanoia functionality
|-
! align="left" | [[cdparanoia]]
| BSD, GPL
| [http://www.xiph.org/paranoia/ here]
| align="left" | One of the first secure standalone rippers for the Linux platform
|- style="background-color:#eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[Grip]]
| GPL
| [http://www.nostatic.org/grip here]
| align="left" | An open-source Gnome interface ripper that uses cdparanoia functionality
|-
! align="left" | [[Rubyripper]]
| GPL
| [http://www.rubyforge.org/ here]
| align="left" | A secure ripper for the Linux that uses additional cdparanoia functionality
|}

=CD/DVD Writers=
==Windows==
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #ccccff; margin-bottom: 20px;"
|- style="background:#ccccff"
! style="width:185px;" | Name
! style="width:80px;" | Unicode
! style="width:90px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! style="width:270px;" | Description
|-
! align="left" | BurnAtOnce
| N
| Free
| [http://www.burnatonce.com/ here]
| align="left" | CD writing application based upon CDRDAO
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[Burrrn]] (CDA only)
| N
| Free
| [http://www.burrrn.net/ here]
|
|-
! align="left" | CDBurnerXP Pro
|
| Free
| [http://www.cdburnerxp.se/ here]
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | DeepBurner Free
| N
| GPL
| [http://www.deepburner.com/ here]
|
|-
! align="left" | DeepBurner Pro
|
| Shareware
| [http://www.deepburner.com/ here]
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | Express Burn
| N
| Free
| [http://nch.com.au/burn/index.html here]
|
|-
! align="left" | Express Burn Plus
|
| Shareware
| [http://nch.com.au/burn/index.html here]
|
|-style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | Infra Recorder
| N
| GPL
| [http://infrarecorder.sourceforge.net/ here]
|
|-
! align="left" | [[Nero]]
| N
| Shareware
| [http://www.nero.com/ here]
| align="left" |
|-style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | SilentNight Micro-CD Burner
| N
| Free
| [http://www.silentnight2004.com/Download.html here]
|
|}

==Mac OS/X==
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #bbffbb; margin-bottom: 20px;"
|- style="background:#bbffbb;"
! style="width:130px;" | Name
! style="width:80px;" | Unicode
! style="width:90px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! style="width:310px;" | Description
|-
! align="left" | [[DVD-Audio Tools]]
| Y
| GPL
| [http://dvd-audio.sourceforge.net/ here]
| align="left" | Open-source DVD-Audio authoring application
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[FireStarter FX]]
| N
| Free
| [http://www.projectomega.org/subcat.php?lg=en&php=products_firestarter here]
| align="left" | Free OS/X Cocoa CD writing application
|-
! align="left" | [[X-CD-Roast]]
| N
| Free
| [http://www.xcdroast.org/xcdr098/xcdrosX.html here]
| align="left" | New OS/X port of this Linux CD writing application
|}

==Linux==
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #ffcccc; margin-bottom: 20px;"
|- style="background:#ffcccc;"
! style="width:130px;" | Name
! style="width:80px;" | Unicode
! style="width:90px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! align="center" style="width:260px;" | Description
|-
! align="left" | CDRDAO
| N
| GPL
| [http://www.cdrdao.org/ here]
| align="left" | Cdrdao records audio or data CD-Rs in disk-at-once (DAO) mode
|- style="background-color:#eeeeee;"
! align="left" | DVD-Audio Tools
| Y
| GPL
| [http://dvd-audio.sourceforge.net/ here]
| align="left" | Open-source DVD-Audio authoring application
|-
! align="left" | [[Gnome Baker]]
| N
| GPL
| [http://www.gnomefiles.org/app.php?soft_id=291 here]
| align="left" | Popular open-source Gnome interface CD/DVD writing application
|- style="background-color:#eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[K3b]]
| N
| GPL
| [http://www.k3b.org/ here]
| align="left" | Popular open-source KDE CD writing application for Linux platform
|-
! align="left" | [[X-CD-Roast]]
| Y
| GPL
| [http://www.xcdroast.org here]
| align="left" | New open-source Gnome interface CD/DVD writing application
|}

=Multimedia Players=
==Windows==
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #ccccff; margin-bottom: 20px;"
|- style="background:#ccccff"
! style="width:120px;" | Name
! style="width:100px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! align="center" style="width:220px;" | Description
|-
! align="left" | [[Foobar2000]]
| Free, BSD
| [http://www.foobar2000.org/ here]
| align="left" | Advanced tagging, plugin capabilities, and kernel streaming support
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[MediaMonkey]]
| Free, Shareware
| [http://www.mediamonkey.com/ here]
| align="left" | Supports many Winamp plugins
|-
! align="left" | MusikCube
| BSD
| [http://www.musikcube.com/ here]
| align="left" | Supports dynamic playlists and advanced SQL capabilities
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | VUplayer
| Free
| [http://www.vuplayer.com/ here]
| align="left" | Supports many popular digital audio codecs and MOD tracker formats
|-
! align="left" | [[Winamp]]
| Free, Shareware
| [http://www.winamp.com/ here]
| align="left" | Popular audio player for Windows
| align="left" |
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[wxMusik]]
| GPL
| [http://musik.berlios.de/ here]
| align="left" |A cross-platform open-source audio player
|}

==Mac OS/X==
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #bbffbb; margin-bottom: 20px;"
|- style="background:#bbffbb;"
! style="width:120px;" | Name
! style="width:100px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! style="width:220px;" | Description
|-
! align="left" | Cog
| GPL
| [http://cogosx.sourceforge.net/ here]
| align="left" | An open-source digital audio player for OS/X.
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[wxMusik]]
| GPL
| [http://musik.berlios.de/ here]
| align="left" |A cross-platform open-source audio player
|}

==Linux==
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #ffcccc; margin-bottom: 20px;"
|- style="background:#ffcccc;"
! style="width:120px;" | Name
! style="width:100px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! style="width:220px;" | Description
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[Amarok]]
| GPL
| [http://amarok.kde.org/ here]
| align="left" | Popular open-source KDE audio player similiar to Foobar2000
|-
! align="left" | [[wxMusik]]
| GPL
| [http://musik.berlios.de/ here]
| align="left" |A cross-platform open-source audio player
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[XMMS]]
| GPL
| [http://www.xmms.org/ here]
| align="left" | Popular open-source audio player similiar to Winamp
|}

==PocketPC==
''These players may not play all your media files. Check their websites for the format support.''
* GSPlayer: http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA032810/
* MortPlayer: http://www.sto-helit.de/
* TCPMP: http://tcpmp.corecodec.org/about

=Tagging Utilities=
==Windows==
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #ccccff; margin-bottom: 20px;"
|- style="background:#ccccff"
! style="width:150px;" | Name
! style="width:100px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! style="width:270px;" | Description
|-
! align="left" | Abander TagControl
| Shareware
| [http://www.softartstudio.com/tagcontrol/ here]
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | AudioShell
| Free
| [http://www.softpointer.com/AudioShell.htm here]
| align="left" | Integrates with Windows Explorer
|-
! align="left" | Frontah
| Free
| [http://home.vxu.se/mdati00/frontah/ here]
| align="left" | Transcode and tag editor for ID3v1.x, ID3v2.x, Lyrics3, Vorbis Comment, APEv1 & APEv2 tags. Supports ANSI, UTF8 and UTF16 text encoding depends on tag type.
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | Magic MP3 Tagger
| Shareware
| [http://www.magic-tagger.com here]
| align="left" | Optimized for automatic music identification
|-
! align="left" | [[MediaMonkey]]
| Free, Shareware
| [http://www.mediamonkey.com/ here]
| align="left" | Also a Media Player & Library
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | MetatOGGer
| Free
| [http://fireblast.free.fr/ here]
| align="left" | Tags MP3 ([[ID3]]) and Ogg files (Vorbis comment, including Ogg FLAC and Speex)
|-
! align="left" | MP3 Book Helper
| Free
| [http://mp3bookhelper.sourceforge.net/ here]
| align="left" | Tags [[ID3v1]], ID3v2.3, and Vorbis comments. Features: FreeDB, unicode, guessing and matching, and supporting PAR, SFV, SV, and NFO generation.
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[MP3tag]]
| Free
| [http://www.mp3tag.de/ here]
| align="left" | Tags all files supporting [[ID3]], [[APEv2]], and [[Vorbis_Comment|Vorbis Comments]], not only MP3s
|-
! align="left" | [http://www.mp3-tag.com/ MP3 Tag Editor]
| Shareware
| [http://www.mp3-tag.com/ here]
| align="left" | Software to edit tags in audio files of [[MP3]], [[WMA]], [[OGG]], [[ASF]], and other music format.
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | Mp3/Tag Studio
| Shareware
| [http://www.magnusbrading.com/mp3ts/ here]
| align="left" | Supports ID3v1 & v2 '''only'''. Powerful matching and fancy filters
|-
! align="left" | [[Tag.exe]]
| GPL
| [http://www.synthetic-soul.co.uk/tag/ here]
| align="left" | Command-line universal tagger for Windows
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | Tag & Rename
| Shareware
| [http://www.softpointer.com/tr.htm here]
|
|-
! align="left" | TagScanner
| Free/Donate
| [http://xdev.narod.ru/tagscan_e.htm here]
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | The GodFather
| Card/Donate
| [http://users.otenet.gr/~jtcliper/tgf/ here]
|
|-
! align="left" | [http://wmptagext.sourceforge.net/download.html WMPTSE]
| Free/Donate
| [http://wmptagext.sourceforge.net here]
| align="left" | Software to integrate other tag format than [[ID3]] into Microsoft Windows Media Player.
|}

==Mac OS/X==
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #bbffbb; margin-bottom: 20px;"
|- style="background:#bbffbb;"
! style="width:150px;" | Name
! style="width:100px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! style="width:270px;" | Description
|-
! align="left" | Tag
| GPL
| [http://sbooth.org/Tag/ here]
| align="left" | An open-source tagging application for OS/X
|}

==Linux==
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #ffcccc; margin-bottom: 20px;"
|- style="background:#ffcccc;"
! style="width:150px;" | Name
! style="width:100px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! style="width:270px;" | Description
|-
! align="left" | EasyTAG
| GPL
| [http://easytag.sourceforge.net/ here]
| align="left" | Gnome tagging utility
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" |
|}

=Encoders, Decoders, Etc.=
All basic tools needed to make use of the audio formats supported here.

==[[MP3]]==
* [[LAME]] encoder/decoder: [http://www.rarewares.org/mp3.html download pre-compiled binaries here]. Also check the [[Lame Compiles|Latest recommended version]] page.
* [[MP3Gain]], a Replay Gain-like utility: [http://mp3gain.sourceforge.net/download.php download here]

== (Ogg) [[Vorbis]] ==
Currently, all recommended Ogg Vorbis utilities are available at the [http://www.rarewares.org/ogg.html Rarewares Ogg Vorbis page]. The following tools are important:

* '''OggEnc2''': A command-line Ogg Vorbis encoder that can be used with most CD rippers.

* '''OggDec''': Command-line decoder.

* '''[[OggDropXPd]]''': An easy to use, drag'n'drop encoder/decoder with support for automatic tagging, renaming and playlist creation on encoding.

* ''Encoding DLLs'': For encoding within CDex or WinLame.

* '''VorbisGain''': The [[Replay Gain]] utility for (Ogg) Vorbis.

In addition, the [[Lancer]] suite — a highly SSE-optimized suite of utilities and libraries — are available at [http://homepage3.nifty.com/blacksword/ this page] ''(in Japanese)''. See [[Lancer#Platform-specific Builds|this section]] for information about the different builds.

==[[Musepack]] (MPC)==
* [http://www.musepack.net/index.php?pg=win Download MPC for Windows]
* [http://www.musepack.net/index.php?pg=lin Download MPC for Linux]
* [http://www.musepack.net/index.php?pg=osx Download MPC for Mac OS X]
* [http://www.musepack.net/index.php?pg=src Download MPC source code]

* [http://forum.musepack.net/showthread.php?t=395 Forum announcement of SV8 release]

==[[FLAC]]==
* CoolEdit / Adobe Audition Filter supporting FLAC: [http://www.vuplayer.com/other.php download here]
* Various FLAC-related utilities (incl. Replay Gain utility): [http://flac.sourceforge.net/download.html FLAC's SourceForge Download page]

==Transcoders==
''Note: Although these tools may convert from one encoding to another, please remember that [[transcoding]] to any [[lossy]] encoding will result in a degraded quality.''
* BeSweet: http://besweet.notrace.dk/
* BonkEnc
* dBpowerAMP Music Converter (dMC): http://www.dbpoweramp.com/dmc.htm
* foobar2000 (needs 3rd party encoders)
* MediaCoder: http://www.rarewares.org/mediacoder/
* Omni Encoder: http://omniencoder.autobotcity.net/
* Winamp
* WinLAME: http://winlame.sourceforge.net/

=Drivers=
==ASPI==
* Ahead Nero ASPI Driver: [http://www.nero.com/nero6/eng/ASPI_Driver.html official website]
* Adaptec Windows ASPI Package: [http://www.adaptec.com/worldwide/support/suppdetail.jsp?sess=no&prodkey=ASPI-4.70 official website]
* ASPI4all [http://www.3a.net/main.php?id=20 "official" website]
* FrogAspi [http://www.frogaspi.org/ official website]
* VOB ASAPI Driver 1.3: [http://www.rarewares.org/files/ASAPI.exe download]

== Sound ==
* ALSA Project [http://www.alsa-project.org/ official website]
* kX Project [http://kxproject.lugosoft.com/ official website]
* ZonaISIS [http://www.hispasonic.com/zonaisis/index.htm unofficial]
* I have a dream ... [http://members.aol.com/cridi/ unofficial]

=Links=
* [http://www.reactos.org/wiki/index.php/Untested_%28open_source%29_software_list Open source softwares @ ReactOS wiki]
* [http://www.rarewares.org/ RareWares]

[[Category:Software]]

Download page

2007-10-22T20:30:06Z

Pepoluan: /* Windows */ Test margin-bottom: 30px too big, trying 20px

All programs mentioned anywhere in the wiki can be downloaded here.

'''Note:''' Linux downloads have been migrated here. The older Download Linux page will not be maintained anymore.

See also the [[:Category:Software|Software Category]] article for more software not listed here.

=CD Rippers=
==Windows==
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #ccccff; margin-bottom: 20px"
|- style="background:#ccccff"
! style="width:150px;" | Name
! style="width:90px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! style="width:300px;" | Description
|-
! align="left" | [[CDex]]
| GPL
| [http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/ here]
| align="left" | An open-source ripper for Windows that uses cdparanoia functionality
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[DBpowerAMP with AccurateRip|DBpowerAMP]]
| Free
| [http://www.dbpoweramp.com/ here]
| align="left" | A secure ripper for Windows that includes Accurate Stream functionality
|-
! align="left" | Deep Ripper
| GPL
| [http://www.deepburner.com/ here]
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[EAC]]
| Free
| [http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/ here]
| align="left" | A secure ripper for Windows, C2 error pointers, Accurate Stream, etc.
|-
! align="left" | [[BonkEnc]]
| GPL
| [http://www.bonkenc.org/ here]
| align="left" | Ripper with [[Cdparanoia]] support. It's an open-source projekt.
|}

==Mac OS/X==
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #bbffbb;"
|- style="background:#bbffbb;"
! style="width:150px;" | Name
! style="width:90px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! style="width:350px;" | Description
|-
! align="left" | [[Max]]
| GPL
| [http://sbooth.org/Max/ here]
| align="left" | A secure ripper for OS/X that uses additional cdparanoia functionality
|}

==Linux==
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #ffcccc;"
|- style="background:#ffcccc;"
! style="width:150px;" | Name
! style="width:90px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! style="width:320px;" | Description
|- style="background-color:#eeeeee;"
! align="left" | abcde
| GPL
|[http://www.hispalinux.es/~data/abcde.php here]
| align="left" | A command-line based ripper with cdparanoia functionality
|-
! align="left" | [[cdparanoia]]
| BSD, GPL
| [http://www.xiph.org/paranoia/ here]
| align="left" | One of the first secure standalone rippers for the Linux platform
|- style="background-color:#eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[Grip]]
| GPL
| [http://www.nostatic.org/grip here]
| align="left" | An open-source Gnome interface ripper that uses cdparanoia functionality
|-
! align="left" | [[Rubyripper]]
| GPL
| [http://www.rubyforge.org/ here]
| align="left" | A secure ripper for the Linux that uses additional cdparanoia functionality
|}

=CD/DVD Writers=
==Windows==
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #ccccff;"
|- style="background:#ccccff"
! style="width:185px;" | Name
! style="width:80px;" | Unicode
! style="width:90px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! style="width:270px;" | Description
|-
! align="left" | BurnAtOnce
| N
| Free
| [http://www.burnatonce.com/ here]
| align="left" | CD writing application based upon CDRDAO
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[Burrrn]] (CDA only)
| N
| Free
| [http://www.burrrn.net/ here]
|
|-
! align="left" | CDBurnerXP Pro
|
| Free
| [http://www.cdburnerxp.se/ here]
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | DeepBurner Free
| N
| GPL
| [http://www.deepburner.com/ here]
|
|-
! align="left" | DeepBurner Pro
|
| Shareware
| [http://www.deepburner.com/ here]
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | Express Burn
| N
| Free
| [http://nch.com.au/burn/index.html here]
|
|-
! align="left" | Express Burn Plus
|
| Shareware
| [http://nch.com.au/burn/index.html here]
|
|-style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | Infra Recorder
| N
| GPL
| [http://infrarecorder.sourceforge.net/ here]
|
|-
! align="left" | [[Nero]]
| N
| Shareware
| [http://www.nero.com/ here]
| align="left" |
|-style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | SilentNight Micro-CD Burner
| N
| Free
| [http://www.silentnight2004.com/Download.html here]
|
|}

==Mac OS/X==
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #bbffbb;"
|- style="background:#bbffbb;"
! style="width:130px;" | Name
! style="width:80px;" | Unicode
! style="width:90px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! style="width:310px;" | Description
|-
! align="left" | [[DVD-Audio Tools]]
| Y
| GPL
| [http://dvd-audio.sourceforge.net/ here]
| align="left" | Open-source DVD-Audio authoring application
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[FireStarter FX]]
| N
| Free
| [http://www.projectomega.org/subcat.php?lg=en&php=products_firestarter here]
| align="left" | Free OS/X Cocoa CD writing application
|-
! align="left" | [[X-CD-Roast]]
| N
| Free
| [http://www.xcdroast.org/xcdr098/xcdrosX.html here]
| align="left" | New OS/X port of this Linux CD writing application
|}

==Linux==
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #ffcccc;"
|- style="background:#ffcccc;"
! style="width:130px;" | Name
! style="width:80px;" | Unicode
! style="width:90px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! align="center" style="width:260px;" | Description
|-
! align="left" | CDRDAO
| N
| GPL
| [http://www.cdrdao.org/ here]
| align="left" | Cdrdao records audio or data CD-Rs in disk-at-once (DAO) mode
|- style="background-color:#eeeeee;"
! align="left" | DVD-Audio Tools
| Y
| GPL
| [http://dvd-audio.sourceforge.net/ here]
| align="left" | Open-source DVD-Audio authoring application
|-
! align="left" | [[Gnome Baker]]
| N
| GPL
| [http://www.gnomefiles.org/app.php?soft_id=291 here]
| align="left" | Popular open-source Gnome interface CD/DVD writing application
|- style="background-color:#eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[K3b]]
| N
| GPL
| [http://www.k3b.org/ here]
| align="left" | Popular open-source KDE CD writing application for Linux platform
|-
! align="left" | [[X-CD-Roast]]
| Y
| GPL
| [http://www.xcdroast.org here]
| align="left" | New open-source Gnome interface CD/DVD writing application
|}

=Multimedia Players=
==Windows==
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #ccccff;"
|- style="background:#ccccff"
! style="width:120px;" | Name
! style="width:100px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! align="center" style="width:220px;" | Description
|-
! align="left" | [[Foobar2000]]
| Free, BSD
| [http://www.foobar2000.org/ here]
| align="left" | Advanced tagging, plugin capabilities, and kernel streaming support
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[MediaMonkey]]
| Free, Shareware
| [http://www.mediamonkey.com/ here]
| align="left" | Supports many Winamp plugins
|-
! align="left" | MusikCube
| BSD
| [http://www.musikcube.com/ here]
| align="left" | Supports dynamic playlists and advanced SQL capabilities
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | VUplayer
| Free
| [http://www.vuplayer.com/ here]
| align="left" | Supports many popular digital audio codecs and MOD tracker formats
|-
! align="left" | [[Winamp]]
| Free, Shareware
| [http://www.winamp.com/ here]
| align="left" | Popular audio player for Windows
| align="left" |
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[wxMusik]]
| GPL
| [http://musik.berlios.de/ here]
| align="left" |A cross-platform open-source audio player
|}

==Mac OS/X==
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #bbffbb;"
|- style="background:#bbffbb;"
! style="width:120px;" | Name
! style="width:100px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! style="width:220px;" | Description
|-
! align="left" | Cog
| GPL
| [http://cogosx.sourceforge.net/ here]
| align="left" | An open-source digital audio player for OS/X.
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[wxMusik]]
| GPL
| [http://musik.berlios.de/ here]
| align="left" |A cross-platform open-source audio player
|}

==Linux==
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #ffcccc;"
|- style="background:#ffcccc;"
! style="width:120px;" | Name
! style="width:100px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! style="width:220px;" | Description
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[Amarok]]
| GPL
| [http://amarok.kde.org/ here]
| align="left" | Popular open-source KDE audio player similiar to Foobar2000
|-
! align="left" | [[wxMusik]]
| GPL
| [http://musik.berlios.de/ here]
| align="left" |A cross-platform open-source audio player
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[XMMS]]
| GPL
| [http://www.xmms.org/ here]
| align="left" | Popular open-source audio player similiar to Winamp
|}

==PocketPC==
''These players may not play all your media files. Check their websites for the format support.''
* GSPlayer: http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA032810/
* MortPlayer: http://www.sto-helit.de/
* TCPMP: http://tcpmp.corecodec.org/about

=Tagging Utilities=
==Windows==
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #ccccff;"
|- style="background:#ccccff"
! style="width:150px;" | Name
! style="width:100px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! style="width:270px;" | Description
|-
! align="left" | Abander TagControl
| Shareware
| [http://www.softartstudio.com/tagcontrol/ here]
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | AudioShell
| Free
| [http://www.softpointer.com/AudioShell.htm here]
| align="left" | Integrates with Windows Explorer
|-
! align="left" | Frontah
| Free
| [http://home.vxu.se/mdati00/frontah/ here]
| align="left" | Transcode and tag editor for ID3v1.x, ID3v2.x, Lyrics3, Vorbis Comment, APEv1 & APEv2 tags. Supports ANSI, UTF8 and UTF16 text encoding depends on tag type.
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | Magic MP3 Tagger
| Shareware
| [http://www.magic-tagger.com here]
| align="left" | Optimized for automatic music identification
|-
! align="left" | [[MediaMonkey]]
| Free, Shareware
| [http://www.mediamonkey.com/ here]
| align="left" | Also a Media Player & Library
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | MetatOGGer
| Free
| [http://fireblast.free.fr/ here]
| align="left" | Tags MP3 ([[ID3]]) and Ogg files (Vorbis comment, including Ogg FLAC and Speex)
|-
! align="left" | MP3 Book Helper
| Free
| [http://mp3bookhelper.sourceforge.net/ here]
| align="left" | Tags [[ID3v1]], ID3v2.3, and Vorbis comments. Features: FreeDB, unicode, guessing and matching, and supporting PAR, SFV, SV, and NFO generation.
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[MP3tag]]
| Free
| [http://www.mp3tag.de/ here]
| align="left" | Tags all files supporting [[ID3]], [[APEv2]], and [[Vorbis_Comment|Vorbis Comments]], not only MP3s
|-
! align="left" | [http://www.mp3-tag.com/ MP3 Tag Editor]
| Shareware
| [http://www.mp3-tag.com/ here]
| align="left" | Software to edit tags in audio files of [[MP3]], [[WMA]], [[OGG]], [[ASF]], and other music format.
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | Mp3/Tag Studio
| Shareware
| [http://www.magnusbrading.com/mp3ts/ here]
| align="left" | Supports ID3v1 & v2 '''only'''. Powerful matching and fancy filters
|-
! align="left" | [[Tag.exe]]
| GPL
| [http://www.synthetic-soul.co.uk/tag/ here]
| align="left" | Command-line universal tagger for Windows
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | Tag & Rename
| Shareware
| [http://www.softpointer.com/tr.htm here]
|
|-
! align="left" | TagScanner
| Free/Donate
| [http://xdev.narod.ru/tagscan_e.htm here]
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | The GodFather
| Card/Donate
| [http://users.otenet.gr/~jtcliper/tgf/ here]
|
|-
! align="left" | [http://wmptagext.sourceforge.net/download.html WMPTSE]
| Free/Donate
| [http://wmptagext.sourceforge.net here]
| align="left" | Software to integrate other tag format than [[ID3]] into Microsoft Windows Media Player.
|}

==Mac OS/X==
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #bbffbb;"
|- style="background:#bbffbb;"
! style="width:150px;" | Name
! style="width:100px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! style="width:270px;" | Description
|-
! align="left" | Tag
| GPL
| [http://sbooth.org/Tag/ here]
| align="left" | An open-source tagging application for OS/X
|}

==Linux==
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #ffcccc;"
|- style="background:#ffcccc;"
! style="width:150px;" | Name
! style="width:100px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! style="width:270px;" | Description
|-
! align="left" | EasyTAG
| GPL
| [http://easytag.sourceforge.net/ here]
| align="left" | Gnome tagging utility
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" |
|}

=Encoders, Decoders, Etc.=
All basic tools needed to make use of the audio formats supported here.

==[[MP3]]==
* [[LAME]] encoder/decoder: [http://www.rarewares.org/mp3.html download pre-compiled binaries here]. Also check the [[Lame Compiles|Latest recommended version]] page.
* [[MP3Gain]], a Replay Gain-like utility: [http://mp3gain.sourceforge.net/download.php download here]

== (Ogg) [[Vorbis]] ==
Currently, all recommended Ogg Vorbis utilities are available at the [http://www.rarewares.org/ogg.html Rarewares Ogg Vorbis page]. The following tools are important:

* '''OggEnc2''': A command-line Ogg Vorbis encoder that can be used with most CD rippers.

* '''OggDec''': Command-line decoder.

* '''[[OggDropXPd]]''': An easy to use, drag'n'drop encoder/decoder with support for automatic tagging, renaming and playlist creation on encoding.

* ''Encoding DLLs'': For encoding within CDex or WinLame.

* '''VorbisGain''': The [[Replay Gain]] utility for (Ogg) Vorbis.

In addition, the [[Lancer]] suite — a highly SSE-optimized suite of utilities and libraries — are available at [http://homepage3.nifty.com/blacksword/ this page] ''(in Japanese)''. See [[Lancer#Platform-specific Builds|this section]] for information about the different builds.

==[[Musepack]] (MPC)==
* [http://www.musepack.net/index.php?pg=win Download MPC for Windows]
* [http://www.musepack.net/index.php?pg=lin Download MPC for Linux]
* [http://www.musepack.net/index.php?pg=osx Download MPC for Mac OS X]
* [http://www.musepack.net/index.php?pg=src Download MPC source code]

* [http://forum.musepack.net/showthread.php?t=395 Forum announcement of SV8 release]

==[[FLAC]]==
* CoolEdit / Adobe Audition Filter supporting FLAC: [http://www.vuplayer.com/other.php download here]
* Various FLAC-related utilities (incl. Replay Gain utility): [http://flac.sourceforge.net/download.html FLAC's SourceForge Download page]

==Transcoders==
''Note: Although these tools may convert from one encoding to another, please remember that [[transcoding]] to any [[lossy]] encoding will result in a degraded quality.''
* BeSweet: http://besweet.notrace.dk/
* BonkEnc
* dBpowerAMP Music Converter (dMC): http://www.dbpoweramp.com/dmc.htm
* foobar2000 (needs 3rd party encoders)
* MediaCoder: http://www.rarewares.org/mediacoder/
* Omni Encoder: http://omniencoder.autobotcity.net/
* Winamp
* WinLAME: http://winlame.sourceforge.net/

=Drivers=
==ASPI==
* Ahead Nero ASPI Driver: [http://www.nero.com/nero6/eng/ASPI_Driver.html official website]
* Adaptec Windows ASPI Package: [http://www.adaptec.com/worldwide/support/suppdetail.jsp?sess=no&prodkey=ASPI-4.70 official website]
* ASPI4all [http://www.3a.net/main.php?id=20 "official" website]
* FrogAspi [http://www.frogaspi.org/ official website]
* VOB ASAPI Driver 1.3: [http://www.rarewares.org/files/ASAPI.exe download]

== Sound ==
* ALSA Project [http://www.alsa-project.org/ official website]
* kX Project [http://kxproject.lugosoft.com/ official website]
* ZonaISIS [http://www.hispasonic.com/zonaisis/index.htm unofficial]
* I have a dream ... [http://members.aol.com/cridi/ unofficial]

=Links=
* [http://www.reactos.org/wiki/index.php/Untested_%28open_source%29_software_list Open source softwares @ ReactOS wiki]
* [http://www.rarewares.org/ RareWares]

[[Category:Software]]

Download page

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All programs mentioned anywhere in the wiki can be downloaded here.

'''Note:''' Linux downloads have been migrated here. The older Download Linux page will not be maintained anymore.

See also the [[:Category:Software|Software Category]] article for more software not listed here.

=CD Rippers=
==Windows==
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #ccccff; margin-bottom: 30px"
|- style="background:#ccccff"
! style="width:150px;" | Name
! style="width:90px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! style="width:300px;" | Description
|-
! align="left" | [[CDex]]
| GPL
| [http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/ here]
| align="left" | An open-source ripper for Windows that uses cdparanoia functionality
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[DBpowerAMP with AccurateRip|DBpowerAMP]]
| Free
| [http://www.dbpoweramp.com/ here]
| align="left" | A secure ripper for Windows that includes Accurate Stream functionality
|-
! align="left" | Deep Ripper
| GPL
| [http://www.deepburner.com/ here]
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[EAC]]
| Free
| [http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/ here]
| align="left" | A secure ripper for Windows, C2 error pointers, Accurate Stream, etc.
|-
! align="left" | [[BonkEnc]]
| GPL
| [http://www.bonkenc.org/ here]
| align="left" | Ripper with [[Cdparanoia]] support. It's an open-source projekt.
|}

==Mac OS/X==
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #bbffbb;"
|- style="background:#bbffbb;"
! style="width:150px;" | Name
! style="width:90px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! style="width:350px;" | Description
|-
! align="left" | [[Max]]
| GPL
| [http://sbooth.org/Max/ here]
| align="left" | A secure ripper for OS/X that uses additional cdparanoia functionality
|}

==Linux==
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #ffcccc;"
|- style="background:#ffcccc;"
! style="width:150px;" | Name
! style="width:90px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! style="width:320px;" | Description
|- style="background-color:#eeeeee;"
! align="left" | abcde
| GPL
|[http://www.hispalinux.es/~data/abcde.php here]
| align="left" | A command-line based ripper with cdparanoia functionality
|-
! align="left" | [[cdparanoia]]
| BSD, GPL
| [http://www.xiph.org/paranoia/ here]
| align="left" | One of the first secure standalone rippers for the Linux platform
|- style="background-color:#eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[Grip]]
| GPL
| [http://www.nostatic.org/grip here]
| align="left" | An open-source Gnome interface ripper that uses cdparanoia functionality
|-
! align="left" | [[Rubyripper]]
| GPL
| [http://www.rubyforge.org/ here]
| align="left" | A secure ripper for the Linux that uses additional cdparanoia functionality
|}

=CD/DVD Writers=
==Windows==
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #ccccff;"
|- style="background:#ccccff"
! style="width:185px;" | Name
! style="width:80px;" | Unicode
! style="width:90px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! style="width:270px;" | Description
|-
! align="left" | BurnAtOnce
| N
| Free
| [http://www.burnatonce.com/ here]
| align="left" | CD writing application based upon CDRDAO
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[Burrrn]] (CDA only)
| N
| Free
| [http://www.burrrn.net/ here]
|
|-
! align="left" | CDBurnerXP Pro
|
| Free
| [http://www.cdburnerxp.se/ here]
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | DeepBurner Free
| N
| GPL
| [http://www.deepburner.com/ here]
|
|-
! align="left" | DeepBurner Pro
|
| Shareware
| [http://www.deepburner.com/ here]
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | Express Burn
| N
| Free
| [http://nch.com.au/burn/index.html here]
|
|-
! align="left" | Express Burn Plus
|
| Shareware
| [http://nch.com.au/burn/index.html here]
|
|-style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | Infra Recorder
| N
| GPL
| [http://infrarecorder.sourceforge.net/ here]
|
|-
! align="left" | [[Nero]]
| N
| Shareware
| [http://www.nero.com/ here]
| align="left" |
|-style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | SilentNight Micro-CD Burner
| N
| Free
| [http://www.silentnight2004.com/Download.html here]
|
|}

==Mac OS/X==
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #bbffbb;"
|- style="background:#bbffbb;"
! style="width:130px;" | Name
! style="width:80px;" | Unicode
! style="width:90px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! style="width:310px;" | Description
|-
! align="left" | [[DVD-Audio Tools]]
| Y
| GPL
| [http://dvd-audio.sourceforge.net/ here]
| align="left" | Open-source DVD-Audio authoring application
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[FireStarter FX]]
| N
| Free
| [http://www.projectomega.org/subcat.php?lg=en&php=products_firestarter here]
| align="left" | Free OS/X Cocoa CD writing application
|-
! align="left" | [[X-CD-Roast]]
| N
| Free
| [http://www.xcdroast.org/xcdr098/xcdrosX.html here]
| align="left" | New OS/X port of this Linux CD writing application
|}

==Linux==
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #ffcccc;"
|- style="background:#ffcccc;"
! style="width:130px;" | Name
! style="width:80px;" | Unicode
! style="width:90px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! align="center" style="width:260px;" | Description
|-
! align="left" | CDRDAO
| N
| GPL
| [http://www.cdrdao.org/ here]
| align="left" | Cdrdao records audio or data CD-Rs in disk-at-once (DAO) mode
|- style="background-color:#eeeeee;"
! align="left" | DVD-Audio Tools
| Y
| GPL
| [http://dvd-audio.sourceforge.net/ here]
| align="left" | Open-source DVD-Audio authoring application
|-
! align="left" | [[Gnome Baker]]
| N
| GPL
| [http://www.gnomefiles.org/app.php?soft_id=291 here]
| align="left" | Popular open-source Gnome interface CD/DVD writing application
|- style="background-color:#eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[K3b]]
| N
| GPL
| [http://www.k3b.org/ here]
| align="left" | Popular open-source KDE CD writing application for Linux platform
|-
! align="left" | [[X-CD-Roast]]
| Y
| GPL
| [http://www.xcdroast.org here]
| align="left" | New open-source Gnome interface CD/DVD writing application
|}

=Multimedia Players=
==Windows==
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #ccccff;"
|- style="background:#ccccff"
! style="width:120px;" | Name
! style="width:100px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! align="center" style="width:220px;" | Description
|-
! align="left" | [[Foobar2000]]
| Free, BSD
| [http://www.foobar2000.org/ here]
| align="left" | Advanced tagging, plugin capabilities, and kernel streaming support
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[MediaMonkey]]
| Free, Shareware
| [http://www.mediamonkey.com/ here]
| align="left" | Supports many Winamp plugins
|-
! align="left" | MusikCube
| BSD
| [http://www.musikcube.com/ here]
| align="left" | Supports dynamic playlists and advanced SQL capabilities
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | VUplayer
| Free
| [http://www.vuplayer.com/ here]
| align="left" | Supports many popular digital audio codecs and MOD tracker formats
|-
! align="left" | [[Winamp]]
| Free, Shareware
| [http://www.winamp.com/ here]
| align="left" | Popular audio player for Windows
| align="left" |
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[wxMusik]]
| GPL
| [http://musik.berlios.de/ here]
| align="left" |A cross-platform open-source audio player
|}

==Mac OS/X==
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #bbffbb;"
|- style="background:#bbffbb;"
! style="width:120px;" | Name
! style="width:100px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! style="width:220px;" | Description
|-
! align="left" | Cog
| GPL
| [http://cogosx.sourceforge.net/ here]
| align="left" | An open-source digital audio player for OS/X.
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[wxMusik]]
| GPL
| [http://musik.berlios.de/ here]
| align="left" |A cross-platform open-source audio player
|}

==Linux==
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #ffcccc;"
|- style="background:#ffcccc;"
! style="width:120px;" | Name
! style="width:100px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! style="width:220px;" | Description
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[Amarok]]
| GPL
| [http://amarok.kde.org/ here]
| align="left" | Popular open-source KDE audio player similiar to Foobar2000
|-
! align="left" | [[wxMusik]]
| GPL
| [http://musik.berlios.de/ here]
| align="left" |A cross-platform open-source audio player
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[XMMS]]
| GPL
| [http://www.xmms.org/ here]
| align="left" | Popular open-source audio player similiar to Winamp
|}

==PocketPC==
''These players may not play all your media files. Check their websites for the format support.''
* GSPlayer: http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA032810/
* MortPlayer: http://www.sto-helit.de/
* TCPMP: http://tcpmp.corecodec.org/about

=Tagging Utilities=
==Windows==
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #ccccff;"
|- style="background:#ccccff"
! style="width:150px;" | Name
! style="width:100px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! style="width:270px;" | Description
|-
! align="left" | Abander TagControl
| Shareware
| [http://www.softartstudio.com/tagcontrol/ here]
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | AudioShell
| Free
| [http://www.softpointer.com/AudioShell.htm here]
| align="left" | Integrates with Windows Explorer
|-
! align="left" | Frontah
| Free
| [http://home.vxu.se/mdati00/frontah/ here]
| align="left" | Transcode and tag editor for ID3v1.x, ID3v2.x, Lyrics3, Vorbis Comment, APEv1 & APEv2 tags. Supports ANSI, UTF8 and UTF16 text encoding depends on tag type.
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | Magic MP3 Tagger
| Shareware
| [http://www.magic-tagger.com here]
| align="left" | Optimized for automatic music identification
|-
! align="left" | [[MediaMonkey]]
| Free, Shareware
| [http://www.mediamonkey.com/ here]
| align="left" | Also a Media Player & Library
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | MetatOGGer
| Free
| [http://fireblast.free.fr/ here]
| align="left" | Tags MP3 ([[ID3]]) and Ogg files (Vorbis comment, including Ogg FLAC and Speex)
|-
! align="left" | MP3 Book Helper
| Free
| [http://mp3bookhelper.sourceforge.net/ here]
| align="left" | Tags [[ID3v1]], ID3v2.3, and Vorbis comments. Features: FreeDB, unicode, guessing and matching, and supporting PAR, SFV, SV, and NFO generation.
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[MP3tag]]
| Free
| [http://www.mp3tag.de/ here]
| align="left" | Tags all files supporting [[ID3]], [[APEv2]], and [[Vorbis_Comment|Vorbis Comments]], not only MP3s
|-
! align="left" | [http://www.mp3-tag.com/ MP3 Tag Editor]
| Shareware
| [http://www.mp3-tag.com/ here]
| align="left" | Software to edit tags in audio files of [[MP3]], [[WMA]], [[OGG]], [[ASF]], and other music format.
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | Mp3/Tag Studio
| Shareware
| [http://www.magnusbrading.com/mp3ts/ here]
| align="left" | Supports ID3v1 & v2 '''only'''. Powerful matching and fancy filters
|-
! align="left" | [[Tag.exe]]
| GPL
| [http://www.synthetic-soul.co.uk/tag/ here]
| align="left" | Command-line universal tagger for Windows
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | Tag & Rename
| Shareware
| [http://www.softpointer.com/tr.htm here]
|
|-
! align="left" | TagScanner
| Free/Donate
| [http://xdev.narod.ru/tagscan_e.htm here]
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | The GodFather
| Card/Donate
| [http://users.otenet.gr/~jtcliper/tgf/ here]
|
|-
! align="left" | [http://wmptagext.sourceforge.net/download.html WMPTSE]
| Free/Donate
| [http://wmptagext.sourceforge.net here]
| align="left" | Software to integrate other tag format than [[ID3]] into Microsoft Windows Media Player.
|}

==Mac OS/X==
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #bbffbb;"
|- style="background:#bbffbb;"
! style="width:150px;" | Name
! style="width:100px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! style="width:270px;" | Description
|-
! align="left" | Tag
| GPL
| [http://sbooth.org/Tag/ here]
| align="left" | An open-source tagging application for OS/X
|}

==Linux==
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #ffcccc;"
|- style="background:#ffcccc;"
! style="width:150px;" | Name
! style="width:100px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! style="width:270px;" | Description
|-
! align="left" | EasyTAG
| GPL
| [http://easytag.sourceforge.net/ here]
| align="left" | Gnome tagging utility
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" |
|}

=Encoders, Decoders, Etc.=
All basic tools needed to make use of the audio formats supported here.

==[[MP3]]==
* [[LAME]] encoder/decoder: [http://www.rarewares.org/mp3.html download pre-compiled binaries here]. Also check the [[Lame Compiles|Latest recommended version]] page.
* [[MP3Gain]], a Replay Gain-like utility: [http://mp3gain.sourceforge.net/download.php download here]

== (Ogg) [[Vorbis]] ==
Currently, all recommended Ogg Vorbis utilities are available at the [http://www.rarewares.org/ogg.html Rarewares Ogg Vorbis page]. The following tools are important:

* '''OggEnc2''': A command-line Ogg Vorbis encoder that can be used with most CD rippers.

* '''OggDec''': Command-line decoder.

* '''[[OggDropXPd]]''': An easy to use, drag'n'drop encoder/decoder with support for automatic tagging, renaming and playlist creation on encoding.

* ''Encoding DLLs'': For encoding within CDex or WinLame.

* '''VorbisGain''': The [[Replay Gain]] utility for (Ogg) Vorbis.

In addition, the [[Lancer]] suite — a highly SSE-optimized suite of utilities and libraries — are available at [http://homepage3.nifty.com/blacksword/ this page] ''(in Japanese)''. See [[Lancer#Platform-specific Builds|this section]] for information about the different builds.

==[[Musepack]] (MPC)==
* [http://www.musepack.net/index.php?pg=win Download MPC for Windows]
* [http://www.musepack.net/index.php?pg=lin Download MPC for Linux]
* [http://www.musepack.net/index.php?pg=osx Download MPC for Mac OS X]
* [http://www.musepack.net/index.php?pg=src Download MPC source code]

* [http://forum.musepack.net/showthread.php?t=395 Forum announcement of SV8 release]

==[[FLAC]]==
* CoolEdit / Adobe Audition Filter supporting FLAC: [http://www.vuplayer.com/other.php download here]
* Various FLAC-related utilities (incl. Replay Gain utility): [http://flac.sourceforge.net/download.html FLAC's SourceForge Download page]

==Transcoders==
''Note: Although these tools may convert from one encoding to another, please remember that [[transcoding]] to any [[lossy]] encoding will result in a degraded quality.''
* BeSweet: http://besweet.notrace.dk/
* BonkEnc
* dBpowerAMP Music Converter (dMC): http://www.dbpoweramp.com/dmc.htm
* foobar2000 (needs 3rd party encoders)
* MediaCoder: http://www.rarewares.org/mediacoder/
* Omni Encoder: http://omniencoder.autobotcity.net/
* Winamp
* WinLAME: http://winlame.sourceforge.net/

=Drivers=
==ASPI==
* Ahead Nero ASPI Driver: [http://www.nero.com/nero6/eng/ASPI_Driver.html official website]
* Adaptec Windows ASPI Package: [http://www.adaptec.com/worldwide/support/suppdetail.jsp?sess=no&prodkey=ASPI-4.70 official website]
* ASPI4all [http://www.3a.net/main.php?id=20 "official" website]
* FrogAspi [http://www.frogaspi.org/ official website]
* VOB ASAPI Driver 1.3: [http://www.rarewares.org/files/ASAPI.exe download]

== Sound ==
* ALSA Project [http://www.alsa-project.org/ official website]
* kX Project [http://kxproject.lugosoft.com/ official website]
* ZonaISIS [http://www.hispasonic.com/zonaisis/index.htm unofficial]
* I have a dream ... [http://members.aol.com/cridi/ unofficial]

=Links=
* [http://www.reactos.org/wiki/index.php/Untested_%28open_source%29_software_list Open source softwares @ ReactOS wiki]
* [http://www.rarewares.org/ RareWares]

[[Category:Software]]

Download page

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All programs mentioned anywhere in the wiki can be downloaded here.

'''Note:''' Linux downloads have been migrated here. The older Download Linux page will not be maintained anymore.

See also the [[:Category:Software|Software Category]] article for more software not listed here.

=CD Rippers=
==Windows==
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #ccccff; margin-bottom: 50px"
|- style="background:#ccccff"
! style="width:150px;" | Name
! style="width:90px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! style="width:300px;" | Description
|-
! align="left" | [[CDex]]
| GPL
| [http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/ here]
| align="left" | An open-source ripper for Windows that uses cdparanoia functionality
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[DBpowerAMP with AccurateRip|DBpowerAMP]]
| Free
| [http://www.dbpoweramp.com/ here]
| align="left" | A secure ripper for Windows that includes Accurate Stream functionality
|-
! align="left" | Deep Ripper
| GPL
| [http://www.deepburner.com/ here]
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[EAC]]
| Free
| [http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/ here]
| align="left" | A secure ripper for Windows, C2 error pointers, Accurate Stream, etc.
|-
! align="left" | [[BonkEnc]]
| GPL
| [http://www.bonkenc.org/ here]
| align="left" | Ripper with [[Cdparanoia]] support. It's an open-source projekt.
|}

==Mac OS/X==
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #bbffbb;"
|- style="background:#bbffbb;"
! style="width:150px;" | Name
! style="width:90px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! style="width:350px;" | Description
|-
! align="left" | [[Max]]
| GPL
| [http://sbooth.org/Max/ here]
| align="left" | A secure ripper for OS/X that uses additional cdparanoia functionality
|}

==Linux==
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #ffcccc;"
|- style="background:#ffcccc;"
! style="width:150px;" | Name
! style="width:90px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! style="width:320px;" | Description
|- style="background-color:#eeeeee;"
! align="left" | abcde
| GPL
|[http://www.hispalinux.es/~data/abcde.php here]
| align="left" | A command-line based ripper with cdparanoia functionality
|-
! align="left" | [[cdparanoia]]
| BSD, GPL
| [http://www.xiph.org/paranoia/ here]
| align="left" | One of the first secure standalone rippers for the Linux platform
|- style="background-color:#eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[Grip]]
| GPL
| [http://www.nostatic.org/grip here]
| align="left" | An open-source Gnome interface ripper that uses cdparanoia functionality
|-
! align="left" | [[Rubyripper]]
| GPL
| [http://www.rubyforge.org/ here]
| align="left" | A secure ripper for the Linux that uses additional cdparanoia functionality
|}

=CD/DVD Writers=
==Windows==
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #ccccff;"
|- style="background:#ccccff"
! style="width:185px;" | Name
! style="width:80px;" | Unicode
! style="width:90px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! style="width:270px;" | Description
|-
! align="left" | BurnAtOnce
| N
| Free
| [http://www.burnatonce.com/ here]
| align="left" | CD writing application based upon CDRDAO
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[Burrrn]] (CDA only)
| N
| Free
| [http://www.burrrn.net/ here]
|
|-
! align="left" | CDBurnerXP Pro
|
| Free
| [http://www.cdburnerxp.se/ here]
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | DeepBurner Free
| N
| GPL
| [http://www.deepburner.com/ here]
|
|-
! align="left" | DeepBurner Pro
|
| Shareware
| [http://www.deepburner.com/ here]
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | Express Burn
| N
| Free
| [http://nch.com.au/burn/index.html here]
|
|-
! align="left" | Express Burn Plus
|
| Shareware
| [http://nch.com.au/burn/index.html here]
|
|-style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | Infra Recorder
| N
| GPL
| [http://infrarecorder.sourceforge.net/ here]
|
|-
! align="left" | [[Nero]]
| N
| Shareware
| [http://www.nero.com/ here]
| align="left" |
|-style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | SilentNight Micro-CD Burner
| N
| Free
| [http://www.silentnight2004.com/Download.html here]
|
|}

==Mac OS/X==
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #bbffbb;"
|- style="background:#bbffbb;"
! style="width:130px;" | Name
! style="width:80px;" | Unicode
! style="width:90px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! style="width:310px;" | Description
|-
! align="left" | [[DVD-Audio Tools]]
| Y
| GPL
| [http://dvd-audio.sourceforge.net/ here]
| align="left" | Open-source DVD-Audio authoring application
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[FireStarter FX]]
| N
| Free
| [http://www.projectomega.org/subcat.php?lg=en&php=products_firestarter here]
| align="left" | Free OS/X Cocoa CD writing application
|-
! align="left" | [[X-CD-Roast]]
| N
| Free
| [http://www.xcdroast.org/xcdr098/xcdrosX.html here]
| align="left" | New OS/X port of this Linux CD writing application
|}

==Linux==
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #ffcccc;"
|- style="background:#ffcccc;"
! style="width:130px;" | Name
! style="width:80px;" | Unicode
! style="width:90px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! align="center" style="width:260px;" | Description
|-
! align="left" | CDRDAO
| N
| GPL
| [http://www.cdrdao.org/ here]
| align="left" | Cdrdao records audio or data CD-Rs in disk-at-once (DAO) mode
|- style="background-color:#eeeeee;"
! align="left" | DVD-Audio Tools
| Y
| GPL
| [http://dvd-audio.sourceforge.net/ here]
| align="left" | Open-source DVD-Audio authoring application
|-
! align="left" | [[Gnome Baker]]
| N
| GPL
| [http://www.gnomefiles.org/app.php?soft_id=291 here]
| align="left" | Popular open-source Gnome interface CD/DVD writing application
|- style="background-color:#eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[K3b]]
| N
| GPL
| [http://www.k3b.org/ here]
| align="left" | Popular open-source KDE CD writing application for Linux platform
|-
! align="left" | [[X-CD-Roast]]
| Y
| GPL
| [http://www.xcdroast.org here]
| align="left" | New open-source Gnome interface CD/DVD writing application
|}

=Multimedia Players=
==Windows==
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #ccccff;"
|- style="background:#ccccff"
! style="width:120px;" | Name
! style="width:100px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! align="center" style="width:220px;" | Description
|-
! align="left" | [[Foobar2000]]
| Free, BSD
| [http://www.foobar2000.org/ here]
| align="left" | Advanced tagging, plugin capabilities, and kernel streaming support
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[MediaMonkey]]
| Free, Shareware
| [http://www.mediamonkey.com/ here]
| align="left" | Supports many Winamp plugins
|-
! align="left" | MusikCube
| BSD
| [http://www.musikcube.com/ here]
| align="left" | Supports dynamic playlists and advanced SQL capabilities
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | VUplayer
| Free
| [http://www.vuplayer.com/ here]
| align="left" | Supports many popular digital audio codecs and MOD tracker formats
|-
! align="left" | [[Winamp]]
| Free, Shareware
| [http://www.winamp.com/ here]
| align="left" | Popular audio player for Windows
| align="left" |
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[wxMusik]]
| GPL
| [http://musik.berlios.de/ here]
| align="left" |A cross-platform open-source audio player
|}

==Mac OS/X==
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #bbffbb;"
|- style="background:#bbffbb;"
! style="width:120px;" | Name
! style="width:100px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! style="width:220px;" | Description
|-
! align="left" | Cog
| GPL
| [http://cogosx.sourceforge.net/ here]
| align="left" | An open-source digital audio player for OS/X.
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[wxMusik]]
| GPL
| [http://musik.berlios.de/ here]
| align="left" |A cross-platform open-source audio player
|}

==Linux==
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #ffcccc;"
|- style="background:#ffcccc;"
! style="width:120px;" | Name
! style="width:100px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! style="width:220px;" | Description
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[Amarok]]
| GPL
| [http://amarok.kde.org/ here]
| align="left" | Popular open-source KDE audio player similiar to Foobar2000
|-
! align="left" | [[wxMusik]]
| GPL
| [http://musik.berlios.de/ here]
| align="left" |A cross-platform open-source audio player
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[XMMS]]
| GPL
| [http://www.xmms.org/ here]
| align="left" | Popular open-source audio player similiar to Winamp
|}

==PocketPC==
''These players may not play all your media files. Check their websites for the format support.''
* GSPlayer: http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA032810/
* MortPlayer: http://www.sto-helit.de/
* TCPMP: http://tcpmp.corecodec.org/about

=Tagging Utilities=
==Windows==
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #ccccff;"
|- style="background:#ccccff"
! style="width:150px;" | Name
! style="width:100px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! style="width:270px;" | Description
|-
! align="left" | Abander TagControl
| Shareware
| [http://www.softartstudio.com/tagcontrol/ here]
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | AudioShell
| Free
| [http://www.softpointer.com/AudioShell.htm here]
| align="left" | Integrates with Windows Explorer
|-
! align="left" | Frontah
| Free
| [http://home.vxu.se/mdati00/frontah/ here]
| align="left" | Transcode and tag editor for ID3v1.x, ID3v2.x, Lyrics3, Vorbis Comment, APEv1 & APEv2 tags. Supports ANSI, UTF8 and UTF16 text encoding depends on tag type.
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | Magic MP3 Tagger
| Shareware
| [http://www.magic-tagger.com here]
| align="left" | Optimized for automatic music identification
|-
! align="left" | [[MediaMonkey]]
| Free, Shareware
| [http://www.mediamonkey.com/ here]
| align="left" | Also a Media Player & Library
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | MetatOGGer
| Free
| [http://fireblast.free.fr/ here]
| align="left" | Tags MP3 ([[ID3]]) and Ogg files (Vorbis comment, including Ogg FLAC and Speex)
|-
! align="left" | MP3 Book Helper
| Free
| [http://mp3bookhelper.sourceforge.net/ here]
| align="left" | Tags [[ID3v1]], ID3v2.3, and Vorbis comments. Features: FreeDB, unicode, guessing and matching, and supporting PAR, SFV, SV, and NFO generation.
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[MP3tag]]
| Free
| [http://www.mp3tag.de/ here]
| align="left" | Tags all files supporting [[ID3]], [[APEv2]], and [[Vorbis_Comment|Vorbis Comments]], not only MP3s
|-
! align="left" | [http://www.mp3-tag.com/ MP3 Tag Editor]
| Shareware
| [http://www.mp3-tag.com/ here]
| align="left" | Software to edit tags in audio files of [[MP3]], [[WMA]], [[OGG]], [[ASF]], and other music format.
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | Mp3/Tag Studio
| Shareware
| [http://www.magnusbrading.com/mp3ts/ here]
| align="left" | Supports ID3v1 & v2 '''only'''. Powerful matching and fancy filters
|-
! align="left" | [[Tag.exe]]
| GPL
| [http://www.synthetic-soul.co.uk/tag/ here]
| align="left" | Command-line universal tagger for Windows
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | Tag & Rename
| Shareware
| [http://www.softpointer.com/tr.htm here]
|
|-
! align="left" | TagScanner
| Free/Donate
| [http://xdev.narod.ru/tagscan_e.htm here]
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | The GodFather
| Card/Donate
| [http://users.otenet.gr/~jtcliper/tgf/ here]
|
|-
! align="left" | [http://wmptagext.sourceforge.net/download.html WMPTSE]
| Free/Donate
| [http://wmptagext.sourceforge.net here]
| align="left" | Software to integrate other tag format than [[ID3]] into Microsoft Windows Media Player.
|}

==Mac OS/X==
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #bbffbb;"
|- style="background:#bbffbb;"
! style="width:150px;" | Name
! style="width:100px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! style="width:270px;" | Description
|-
! align="left" | Tag
| GPL
| [http://sbooth.org/Tag/ here]
| align="left" | An open-source tagging application for OS/X
|}

==Linux==
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #ffcccc;"
|- style="background:#ffcccc;"
! style="width:150px;" | Name
! style="width:100px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! style="width:270px;" | Description
|-
! align="left" | EasyTAG
| GPL
| [http://easytag.sourceforge.net/ here]
| align="left" | Gnome tagging utility
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" |
|}

=Encoders, Decoders, Etc.=
All basic tools needed to make use of the audio formats supported here.

==[[MP3]]==
* [[LAME]] encoder/decoder: [http://www.rarewares.org/mp3.html download pre-compiled binaries here]. Also check the [[Lame Compiles|Latest recommended version]] page.
* [[MP3Gain]], a Replay Gain-like utility: [http://mp3gain.sourceforge.net/download.php download here]

== (Ogg) [[Vorbis]] ==
Currently, all recommended Ogg Vorbis utilities are available at the [http://www.rarewares.org/ogg.html Rarewares Ogg Vorbis page]. The following tools are important:

* '''OggEnc2''': A command-line Ogg Vorbis encoder that can be used with most CD rippers.

* '''OggDec''': Command-line decoder.

* '''[[OggDropXPd]]''': An easy to use, drag'n'drop encoder/decoder with support for automatic tagging, renaming and playlist creation on encoding.

* ''Encoding DLLs'': For encoding within CDex or WinLame.

* '''VorbisGain''': The [[Replay Gain]] utility for (Ogg) Vorbis.

In addition, the [[Lancer]] suite — a highly SSE-optimized suite of utilities and libraries — are available at [http://homepage3.nifty.com/blacksword/ this page] ''(in Japanese)''. See [[Lancer#Platform-specific Builds|this section]] for information about the different builds.

==[[Musepack]] (MPC)==
* [http://www.musepack.net/index.php?pg=win Download MPC for Windows]
* [http://www.musepack.net/index.php?pg=lin Download MPC for Linux]
* [http://www.musepack.net/index.php?pg=osx Download MPC for Mac OS X]
* [http://www.musepack.net/index.php?pg=src Download MPC source code]

* [http://forum.musepack.net/showthread.php?t=395 Forum announcement of SV8 release]

==[[FLAC]]==
* CoolEdit / Adobe Audition Filter supporting FLAC: [http://www.vuplayer.com/other.php download here]
* Various FLAC-related utilities (incl. Replay Gain utility): [http://flac.sourceforge.net/download.html FLAC's SourceForge Download page]

==Transcoders==
''Note: Although these tools may convert from one encoding to another, please remember that [[transcoding]] to any [[lossy]] encoding will result in a degraded quality.''
* BeSweet: http://besweet.notrace.dk/
* BonkEnc
* dBpowerAMP Music Converter (dMC): http://www.dbpoweramp.com/dmc.htm
* foobar2000 (needs 3rd party encoders)
* MediaCoder: http://www.rarewares.org/mediacoder/
* Omni Encoder: http://omniencoder.autobotcity.net/
* Winamp
* WinLAME: http://winlame.sourceforge.net/

=Drivers=
==ASPI==
* Ahead Nero ASPI Driver: [http://www.nero.com/nero6/eng/ASPI_Driver.html official website]
* Adaptec Windows ASPI Package: [http://www.adaptec.com/worldwide/support/suppdetail.jsp?sess=no&prodkey=ASPI-4.70 official website]
* ASPI4all [http://www.3a.net/main.php?id=20 "official" website]
* FrogAspi [http://www.frogaspi.org/ official website]
* VOB ASAPI Driver 1.3: [http://www.rarewares.org/files/ASAPI.exe download]

== Sound ==
* ALSA Project [http://www.alsa-project.org/ official website]
* kX Project [http://kxproject.lugosoft.com/ official website]
* ZonaISIS [http://www.hispasonic.com/zonaisis/index.htm unofficial]
* I have a dream ... [http://members.aol.com/cridi/ unofficial]

=Links=
* [http://www.reactos.org/wiki/index.php/Untested_%28open_source%29_software_list Open source softwares @ ReactOS wiki]
* [http://www.rarewares.org/ RareWares]

[[Category:Software]]

Vorbis

2007-08-04T09:29:19Z

Pepoluan: Previously forgot to change infobox

{{featured}}
{{Codec Infobox
| name = Ogg Vorbis
| logo = [[Image:Fish logo.png]]
| type = lossy
| purpose = General audio compression at bitrates ~64–400 kbps
| maintainer = Christopher Montgomery, Xiph Community
| recommended_encoder = aoTuV
| recommended_text = aoTuV Beta 5
| website = http://www.vorbis.com/
}}

= Introduction =
'''Vorbis''' (commonly used inside the [[Ogg]] container) is a fully open, non-proprietary, patent-free (subject to [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=13531 speculation]), and royalty-free, general-purpose compressed audio format for mid to high quality (8 khz–48.0 kHz, 16+ bit, [[multichannel]]) audio and music at fixed and variable bitrates from 16 to >256 kbps/channel. This places vorbis in the same competitive class as audio representations such as MPEG-4 ([[AAC]]), and similar to, but higher performance than [[MP3]], TwinVQ ([[VQF]]), [[WMA]] and [[PAC]]. Vorbis is the first of a planned family of Ogg multimedia coding formats being developed as part of Xiph.org's ogg multimedia project.

Informal listening test suggests Vorbis to be comparable to MPEG-4 [[AAC]] at most bitrates and [[Musepack]] at 128 kbps. Transparency is generally reached at about 150–170 kbps (-q 5) (with some exceptions). The encoder is reasonably young and unoptimized, so further improvements can always be expected.

Unfortunately, Xiph.org has failed to improve Vorbis at a steady rate since its initial 1.0 release in July 2002 (due to other developement projects and time constraints). Since then development has been led by other coders such as [http://sjeng.org/vorbisgt3.html Garf] and [http://www.geocities.jp/aoyoume/aotuv/ Aoyumi]. Aoyumi's '''[[aoTuV]]''' series of encoders was incorporated into the September 2004 release of 1.1, which brought about the first quality improvements across the board for 2 years. Aoyumi's Beta 4.51 was found to be very good, so it was re-branded into aoTuV Release 1 and it was the recommended encoder until June 2007. The latest tuning is aoTuV beta 5, which improves further on the low-bitrate quality without sacrificing compression, and it is currently the recommended Vorbis encoder at Hydrogenaudio.

At the time being, Aoyumi's tuning (since aoTuV Release 1 up to aoTuV Beta 5) has not been incorporated yet into the 'official' Vorbis line.

Vorbis has had success with many recent video game titles employing Vorbis as opposed to MP3 (with Epic Games' Unreal Tournament 2003 and Unreal Tournament 2004, the PC port of Microsoft's Halo and Uru being notable examples). (Ogg) Vorbis is also an official part of the [http://www.openal.org/extensions.html OpenAL] API extension library, used in many popular [http://www.openal.org/titles.html computer games]. On April 10, 2006, [http://www.radgametools.com/ RAD Game Tools] integrated (Ogg) Vorbis support to their Miles Sound System (MSS), which has been used in over 3,200 games worldwide. This ensures that future games utilizing MSS will have the capability to play (Ogg) Vorbis files. Check out [http://wiki.xiph.org/index.php/Games_that_use_Vorbis xiph wiki] for a full list of games confirmed to use (Ogg) Vorbis.

'''Before encoding files using (Ogg) Vorbis, check out the [[Recommended Ogg Vorbis|Recommended (Ogg) Vorbis]] article to determine what encoder to use and what settings are recommended by Hydrogenaudio.'''

== Pros ==
* (Ogg) Vorbis specification is in the public domain; it is free for commercial or noncommercial use, under both (LGPL and BSD licenes)
* Easy to use high-level API (Application Programming Interface)
* Good all-round performance (>48 kbps – a leading codec at [http://www.rjamorim.com/test/multiformat128/results.html 128 kbps])
* Well written [http://www.xiph.org/ogg/vorbis/docs.html specs]
* Supported by most portable (Ogg) [[Vorbis#Supporting Digital Audio Players|DAPs]]
* Suitable for internet-streaming (via [http://www.icecast.org/ Icecast] and other methods)
* Fully [[gapless]] playback
* High potential for further tuning
* Structured to allow the design for a hybrid filterbank

== Cons ==
* Limited official development (third-party developement is always encouraged)
* Current implementations are more computationally intensive to decode than MP3
* Multichannel input mappings for 5.1, Ambisonic-B, and other configs have no channel coupling and aren't tuned (expect sub-optimal results until code is improved)

= Technical Information =
* Multiple block sizes for window switching including overlap (powers of two only) ''(128/1024, 256/2048, 512/4096)''
* Customly designed [[window function]] is applied similiar to the sine window. it has (good sidelobe rejection)
:<math>w_k = \sin{(\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot sin^2[(\pi\div2n \cdot (k+0.5))]}</math>
* Psychoacoustics masking is exploited via an ([[ATH]] model)
* Masking curves are computed from an ''emperically'' adjusted set of [http://www.zainea.com/masking2.htm Ehmer Curves]
* Modified Discrete Cosine Transform ([[MDCT]]) is used for noise analysis
* Fast Fourier Transform ([[FFT]]) is used for tonal analysis
* Global masking curve is a mixture between calculated FFT+MDCT curves and ATH curves overlayed
* Floor 1 or the noise-floor (envelope) is calculated using the global masking curve & piecewise linear approximation divided by spectrum to generate the residue (fine detail). The Levinson-Durbin [http://www.data-compression.com/speech.html#ana LPC model] in Floor 0 is no longer used, however the code still exists
* [[Noise normalization]] is applied to compensate for energy lost in certain frequency bands due to quantization (rounding).
* The channels are [[channel coupling|coupled]] ''strictly'' by residue using ([http://us.xiph.org/ogg/vorbis/doc/stereo.html point/phase stereo] and lossless)
* Multistage [[Vector quantization]] is used for coding the noise-floor and residue backend using ''trained'' codebooks.
* [[Huffman coding]] is used to minimize vector codeword redundancy

= Software =
=== Encoders ===
* [[Oggenc]] official command-line encoder (Win32/Posix)
* [[OggDropXPd|OggdropXPd]] advanced drag-and-drop encoder by John33 (Win32)
* [[Lancer]] SSE-optimized vorbis encoder utility and libraries by BlackSword (Win32/Posix)
* [http://www.saunalahti.fi/cse/foobar2000/ foo_vorbisenc] vorbis encoder library for Foobar2000 (Win32)

=== Decoders ===
* [http://www.rarewares.org/ogg.html OggDec] for Windows, by John33, a very featureful command line decoder (Win32)
* [[Ogg123]] for Unix systems (GPL), a very simple to use command-line player. (Win32/Posix)
* [http://www.illiminable.com/ogg/ illiminable Ogg Directshow Filters] also plays Speex, Theora and FLAC (Win32)
* [http://www.xiph.org/quicktime/ XiphQT] (Xiph's QuickTime Components) allows playback in [[QuickTime]]/[[iTunes]] (Win32/MacPPC/MacIntel)
* [http://corevorbis.corecodec.org/ CoreVorbis] DirectShow filter (Win32)

=== Replay Gain ===
* [http://www.rarewares.org/ogg.html VorbisGain] to apply [[Replay Gain]] on Vorbis files (Win32)
** Instructions to integrate VorbisGain into Foobar2000, Winamp, and Windows Explorer can be found in [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=41880&view=findpost&p=396612 this HA thread] ''A precompiled script of the procedure (in RAR format) can be found in [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=45196&view=findpost&p=397803 this HA posting]''
** RPM packages for VorbisGain are available [http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3?stat=3&search=vorbisgain&srodzaj=3 here], and source code for VorbisGain is available [http://sjeng.org/vorbisgain.html here]
* [http://www.rarewares.org/quantumknot/vorbisgain.gz VorbisGain Static GCC 4 compile] (Posix)
* [[foobar2000]]'s ''Replay Gain scanner'' supports (Ogg) Vorbis files
* [[Winamp]]'s ''Replay Gain Analyzer'' supports (Ogg) Vorbis files
* [[MediaMonkey]]'s ''Volume Levelling'' supports (Ogg) Vorbis files

=== Splitters ===
The following utilities are used to splice Vorbis streams without decoding/re-encoding.

* [http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Ogg_Cutter.htm Ogg Cutter] (Win32)
* [http://mp3splt.sourceforge.net/ mp3splt] (Win32)
* [http://www.xiph.org/downloads/ vcut] (CLI tool part of the official vorbis-tools package) (Win32/Posix)
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/ogg-cut/ (Ogg) Vorbis Stream Cutter (ogg-cut)] (Posix)

=== Taggers ===
Most tagger supporting (Ogg) Vorbis are listed in [[download page#Tagging Utilities|the download page]].
* [http://www.rarewares.org/files/ogg/vorbiscomment-1.1.1.zip Vorbis Comment]

= Supported Digital Audio Players =
The following list contains some players that support Vorbis playback.
* [[Apple iPod]] with [[Rockbox]] firmware – check out this [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?s=32eeac65958144db631c8a739b41983c&showtopic=40992 HA thread]
* [http://www.ifreemax.com/ FreeMax] FW-960
* [http://www.iaudiophile.net/ iAudio] [[IAudio M3|M3]], U2, G3, X5, I5; X5 with [[Rockbox]] firmware
* [[iRiver H-Series]] with [[Rockbox]] firmware.
* [[MPIO H-Series]]
* [[Neuros]] with [[Rockbox]] firmware.
* [[Rio Karma]]
* [http://www.samsung.com/Products Samsung]
* [http://www.slimdevices.com/ Slim Devices: Squeezebox] External player
* [http://www.yepp.co.kr/ Yepp] YP-T6, YP-T7, YP-C1, YP-F1, YP-53 (Firmware 1.200), other..

A longer list can be found at [http://wiki.xiph.org/index.php/PortablePlayers xiph's wiki].

'''Important note:''' There may be players out there that support (Ogg) Vorbis, although they are not marketed as such.

= External links =
The following links contain information surrounding the (Ogg) Vorbis codec that can be found on Hydrogenaudio and elsewhere throughout the web.

=== Hydrogenaudio Wiki ===
* [[Ogg]] (Container)
* [[Listening Tests#Multiformat Tests|Listening tests comparing Vorbis against MP3, AAC, WMA, etc.]]
* [[Recommended Ogg Vorbis|Recommended settings for encoding with Vorbis]] and its related [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=15049 HA thread]
* [[EAC and Ogg Vorbis|Configuring EAC and Vorbis as an external command-line encoder]]

=== Websites ===
* [http://www.vorbis.com Vorbis official website] (updated continually)
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vorbis Vorbis at Wikipedia]
* [http://www.playogg.org/ PlayOgg initiative] by the [http://www.fsf.org/ Free Software Foundation]
* [http://www.audiocoding.com/modules/wiki/?page=Ogg+Vorbis (Ogg) Vorbis at AudioCoding]
* [http://www.rarewares.org/ogg.html (Ogg) Vorbis binaries at Rarewares]
* [http://www.geocities.jp/aoyoume/aotuv/ Aoyumi's homepage of tuned versions of Vorbis encoder and current beta binaries]
* [http://homepage3.nifty.com/blacksword/index_e.htm The (Ogg) Vorbis Acceleration Project] – Archer/[[Lancer]] homepage for optimized versions of aoTuV Vorbis encoder and other SSE optmizations
* [http://www.xiph.org/ Xiph.org Foundation]

=== Scientific/R&D ===
* [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=20132&st=0 Noise Normalization and HF Boost problem solution that ultimatly lead to the aoTuV tunings (HA Thread)]
* [http://www.free-comp-shop.com/vorbis.pdf Keith Wright rendition of understanding the MDCT in Vorbis by defining it's basic trig properties (PDF)]
* [http://www.mp3-tech.org/programmer/docs/embedded_vorbis_thesis.pdf (Ogg) Vorbis decoder for an embedded system (Master Thesis in PDF)]
* [http://wiki.xiph.org/index.php/Bounties Xiph.org Vorbis bounties]

[[Category:Lossy]]

User:Pepoluan

2007-07-28T09:13:11Z

Pepoluan:

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[[Image:pepoluan_cafe.jpg|frame|Me in a cafe. With lots of red lamp.]]

[[Image:beagle_50x50.gif|left|frame|Original avatar; it is still being used <s>elsewhere</s> in some places in da web]]Yo!

First things first: I was born in 1977, so please work out my age yourself heh heh {{smiley|;}}

Okay, now that's behind me... um, I live inthe outskirts of Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia. I am familiar with computers since 11 y.o. (with videogames since 5 y.o. but that's a whole different story). My first computer was an Atari 800XL, then I 'graduated' to PCompatibles.

I am an Electronics Engineer specializing in Telecommunications Engineering, with special study of Data Communications / Computer Networks. I currently hold CCNA, MCSE, MCSA, and MCDBA certifications, and am pursuing CISA and CEH certifications. Naturally, with this qualification, I worked as a US [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stock_option Stock Options] trader in my own company, which I established with 3 friends of mine: an ex-bartender, a doctor, and a tax accountant. Sadly, the company is now defunct. So I revert to my previous expertise and am now a Freelance IT Consultant. Tiresome job, though the pay is quite good {{smiley|;}}

My first exposure to the world of Digital Audio is when CDs are first <s>created</s> sold in my country. Later on I got to know MP3. Never knew it's not the best compression, until I stumbled upon [http://www.xiph.org/ Xiph.org]. Then I found HydrogenAudio. And, as they say, the rest is history.

Ever since joining I had wished to contribute to the HA society, and thus I decided to dabble in this Wiki thingy {{smiley|D}} Hope my contributions are welcomed. 

==More De-Tales==

* '''I use [http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-time.html ISO8601]. You should too!!'''
* I use Dvorak keyboard. Now almost as fluent as QWERTY.
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* My current audio player, and tagger, and organizer... is '''[[foobar2000]]'''. But I still keep [[Winamp]] for lyrics editing
** My foobar2000 'look' can be seen [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=43077&view=findpost&p=412804 here]
** For tagging, I also use [[Download page#Windows 4|MP3Tag]] and [[Download page#Windows 4|TagScanner]]
* My encoding of choice:
** [[Lossless]]: [[OptimFrog]] and [[LA]]
** [[Lossy]]:
*** On my PC: [[Lancer]] 200608xx -q 1
*** On my iPaq 2210: [[Lancer]] 200608xx -q -0.5 (played with [[GSPlayer]])
*** On my Nokia 6230: [[AAC|CT-AAC+]] 52kbps [[Stereo]]
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* Anime's I like: Kyo Kara Maoh (God (?) Save Our King), Cardcaptor Sakura, Samurai 7, Paradise Kiss, Yu Yu Hakusho, Gun X Sword

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''Finally'', feel free to yap at me through PM at HA Forums or [[User talk:Pepoluan|my discussion page]].

Peace!

Talk:Vorbis

2007-06-22T18:26:26Z

Pepoluan: Sectionize an overlooked part. Minor.

{{talkheader}}

==Recommended Encoder==

'''Despite''' what you said in your comment, HotshotGG, remember that this is '''Hydrogenaudio''' Knowledgebase, so the recommended encoder should be what the HA folks recommend, i.e. aoTuV R1. ''Even though'' aoTuV R1 is not part of the mainline.

I cannot recommend Xiph 1.1.2 with a clear conscience as deep within I *know* that 1.1.2 is inferior to R1.

--[[User:Pepoluan|pepoluan]] '''([[User_talk:pepoluan|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/pepoluan|contribs]])''' 17:24, 2 October 2006 (CDT)

:That's a point well taken. It still should be mentioned however. [[User:HotshotGG|HotshotGG]] 16:53 3 October 2005 (CDT)

::Agree. I forgot to do that in this page. I'll see what I can do. --[[User:Pepoluan|pepoluan]] '''([[User_talk:pepoluan|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/pepoluan|contribs]])''' 10:42, 4 October 2006 (CDT)

::On second read, I just boldified the note about checking the Recommended Ogg Vorbis page for the recommended encoder version. --[[User:Pepoluan|pepoluan]] '''([[User_talk:pepoluan|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/pepoluan|contribs]])''' 11:22, 4 October 2006 (CDT)

==Legal Brouhaha==
I don't see any purpose rehashing this whole legal thing again. If peoeple are interested in the discussion they should just read the thread. HotshotGG 17 June 2005 (EST)

: Well, I lifted that text directly from Wikipedia, and I thought it to be very interesting, as it clarifies the situation while doing caveats that everything could be just FUD from the competitors. rjamorim 00:55, 19 Jun 2005 (CDT)

:: Yeah that's true, I understand were you are coming from. Wikipedia just has it their reguarding the liscense and the whole issues is up in the air. 00:12, HotshotGG 20 Jun 2005 (EST)

::: Also, I believe just a small paragraph summarizing the whole bruhaha is much better that telling the article readers "read and understand these 15 pages of messily organized and barely chronological forum posts". But that's just me. :B rjamorim 10:58, 20 Jun 2005 (CDT)

:::: I am overdueing it a little with this page. I just want to be as specific as possible though for anyone who visits it ;-d. Maybe we should add the xiph logo to as well? hmm, also technical Vorbis doesn't use a straight MDCT it uses a FFT to do some tone masking ;-O (that's really irrlevant though). The specs won't tell the user too much about encoding, therefore I'm trying to fill in some technical gaps here. HotshotGG 2:30, 23 June 2005 (EST)

<s>
==Ogg Vorbis or Ogg + Vorbis==

As Ogg is the container format and Vorbis the codec, wouldn't it be more accurate to have a [[Vorbis]] and an [[Ogg]] page, along with this one being a redirection or a placeholder page that contains links to the two formers? [[User:Nowhere man|Nowhere man]] 13:34, 21 Sep 2005 (CDT)

: That's not a bad idea. I don't the situation is as bad wikipedia though. Most people who visit this wiki know Vorbis is Vorbis. [[User:HotshotGG|HotshotGG]] 20:29, 26 May 2006 (CDT)

</s>
::This issue has been taken care of by ElliottMobile, by moving the (previously) Ogg Vorbis page to Vorbis page. IMO this is as it should be, as the [[Topic Index]] explicitly listed [[Tarkin]] and [[Theora]] (as of this commenting, Tarkin is still wanted). --[[User:Pepoluan|pepoluan]] '''([[User_talk:pepoluan|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/pepoluan|contribs]])''' 10:40, 4 October 2006 (CDT)

==POSIX==

Where is the download link for VorbisGain/POSIX? Rarewares I think only host the Win32 binaries. --[[User:Pepoluan|pepoluan]] 13:19, 23 May 2006 (CDT)

: It does exist I think Garf has a POSIX compile of VorbisGain on his website. Roberto is very stingy when it comes to hosting POSIX binaries on Rarewares. If I had the source I could try and compile it myself, I don't have access to Linux right now, but I will get around to it eventually. It would be great it we could find someone to create an OS/X compile for MAC too. --[[User:HotshotGG|HotshotGG]] 20:26, 26 May 2006 (CDT)

:: Well then I think the links should be split into two, kinda like this:
::: VorbisGain ( [http://somewhere1.net Win32] / [http://somewhere2.net POSIX] ) to apply ...
:: or
::: [http://somewhere1.net VorbisGain] to apply ... (Win32; [http://somewhere2.net POSIX here])
:: Whaddyouthink? --[[User:Pepoluan|pepoluan]] 03:07, 27 May 2006 (CDT)

:::If the application or source is not in the same place that might be a good idea. --[[User:HotshotGG|HotshotGG]] 21:19, 24 May 2006 (CDT)

::::With Andavari's script, I've decomposed the VorbisGain bullet item as indicated. --[[User:Pepoluan|pepoluan]] 01:54, 28 May 2006 (CDT)

==Page Discussion==

I think the section title should be '''''Supporting''' DAPs'' instead of '''''Supported''' DAPs''. I mean, the DAPs support Vorbis, right? Not the other way around.
Bleh, English grammar makes my head spin :rolleyes: --[[User:Pepoluan|pepoluan]] 01:54, 28 May 2006 (CDT)

==Why Software Infobox?==

Wait, Ogg Vorbis is codec, right? Why use '''Software''' Infobox? --[[User:Pepoluan|pepoluan]] '''([[User_talk:pepoluan|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/pepoluan|contribs]])''' 11:22, 25 September 2006 (CDT)
: Beats me.... To me this page is the same as the [[MP3]] page. Shouldn't be related to any specific software, only with the format. For software we should have separate pages the same way we have for [[LAME]], [[Xing]], [[Blade]] etc. --[[User:Beto|Beto]] '''([[User_talk:Beto|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Beto|contribs]])''' 12:54, 25 September 2006 (CDT)

::Sooooo... no one objects to me reverting to pre-Infobox version? --[[User:Pepoluan|pepoluan]] '''([[User_talk:pepoluan|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/pepoluan|contribs]])''' 13:23, 25 September 2006 (CDT)
:::Cooking up supermega Codec Infobox as we skeep! {{slimey}} {{User:Elliottmobile/sig2}} 15:29, 25 September 2006 (CDT)

==The Fish and The Star==
The fish is now mesmerized by the star {{smiley|D}} --[[User:Pepoluan|pepoluan]] '''([[User_talk:pepoluan|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/pepoluan|contribs]])''' 11:34, 22 September 2006 (CDT)
:/me avoids temptation to make animation {{User:Elliottmobile/sig2}} 12:34, 22 September 2006 (CDT)

::/me drags a busy OggDropXPd window to where the fish is... lookielookie! The fish is confused by the star {{smiley|D}} --[[User:Pepoluan|pepoluan]] '''([[User_talk:pepoluan|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/pepoluan|contribs]])''' 12:45, 22 September 2006 (CDT)
:::[[Image:Fishy.png]] {{User:Elliottmobile/sig2}} 12:47, 22 September 2006 (CDT)

::::OMG ROFL LMAO LOOOOOOOLLLLLLLL --[[User:Pepoluan|pepoluan]] '''([[User_talk:pepoluan|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/pepoluan|contribs]])''' 12:52, 22 September 2006 (CDT)

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Awww... using infobox separates the fish from the star... the fish'll cry any day now... --[[User:Pepoluan|pepoluan]] '''([[User_talk:pepoluan|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/pepoluan|contribs]])''' 11:23, 25 September 2006 (CDT)
:[[Image:Waahfish.PNG]] {{User:Elliottmobile/sig2}} 15:31, 25 September 2006 (CDT)

Vorbis

2007-06-22T18:21:11Z

Pepoluan: /* Introduction */ Rewrite to reflect fact that aoTuV B5 is now the recommended version.

{{featured}}
{{Codec Infobox
| name = Ogg Vorbis
| logo = [[Image:Fish logo.png]]
| type = lossy
| purpose = General audio compression at bitrates ~64–400 kbps
| maintainer = Christopher Montgomery, Xiph Community
| recommended_encoder = aoTuV
| recommended_text = aoTuV Release 1
| website = http://www.vorbis.com/
}}

= Introduction =
'''Vorbis''' (commonly used inside the [[Ogg]] container) is a fully open, non-proprietary, patent-free (subject to [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=13531 speculation]), and royalty-free, general-purpose compressed audio format for mid to high quality (8 khz–48.0 kHz, 16+ bit, [[multichannel]]) audio and music at fixed and variable bitrates from 16 to >256 kbps/channel. This places vorbis in the same competitive class as audio representations such as MPEG-4 ([[AAC]]), and similar to, but higher performance than [[MP3]], TwinVQ ([[VQF]]), [[WMA]] and [[PAC]]. Vorbis is the first of a planned family of Ogg multimedia coding formats being developed as part of Xiph.org's ogg multimedia project.

Informal listening test suggests Vorbis to be comparable to MPEG-4 [[AAC]] at most bitrates and [[Musepack]] at 128 kbps. Transparency is generally reached at about 150–170 kbps (-q 5) (with some exceptions). The encoder is reasonably young and unoptimized, so further improvements can always be expected.

Unfortunately, Xiph.org has failed to improve Vorbis at a steady rate since its initial 1.0 release in July 2002 (due to other developement projects and time constraints). Since then development has been led by other coders such as [http://sjeng.org/vorbisgt3.html Garf] and [http://www.geocities.jp/aoyoume/aotuv/ Aoyumi]. Aoyumi's '''[[aoTuV]]''' series of encoders was incorporated into the September 2004 release of 1.1, which brought about the first quality improvements across the board for 2 years. Aoyumi's Beta 4.51 was found to be very good, so it was re-branded into aoTuV Release 1 and it was the recommended encoder until June 2007. The latest tuning is aoTuV beta 5, which improves further on the low-bitrate quality without sacrificing compression, and it is currently the recommended Vorbis encoder at Hydrogenaudio.

At the time being, Aoyumi's tuning (since aoTuV Release 1 up to aoTuV Beta 5) has not been incorporated yet into the 'official' Vorbis line.

Vorbis has had success with many recent video game titles employing Vorbis as opposed to MP3 (with Epic Games' Unreal Tournament 2003 and Unreal Tournament 2004, the PC port of Microsoft's Halo and Uru being notable examples). (Ogg) Vorbis is also an official part of the [http://www.openal.org/extensions.html OpenAL] API extension library, used in many popular [http://www.openal.org/titles.html computer games]. On April 10, 2006, [http://www.radgametools.com/ RAD Game Tools] integrated (Ogg) Vorbis support to their Miles Sound System (MSS), which has been used in over 3,200 games worldwide. This ensures that future games utilizing MSS will have the capability to play (Ogg) Vorbis files. Check out [http://wiki.xiph.org/index.php/Games_that_use_Vorbis xiph wiki] for a full list of games confirmed to use (Ogg) Vorbis.

'''Before encoding files using (Ogg) Vorbis, check out the [[Recommended Ogg Vorbis|Recommended (Ogg) Vorbis]] article to determine what encoder to use and what settings are recommended by Hydrogenaudio.'''

== Pros ==
* (Ogg) Vorbis specification is in the public domain; it is free for commercial or noncommercial use, under both (LGPL and BSD licenes)
* Easy to use high-level API (Application Programming Interface)
* Good all-round performance (>48 kbps – a leading codec at [http://www.rjamorim.com/test/multiformat128/results.html 128 kbps])
* Well written [http://www.xiph.org/ogg/vorbis/docs.html specs]
* Supported by most portable (Ogg) [[Vorbis#Supporting Digital Audio Players|DAPs]]
* Suitable for internet-streaming (via [http://www.icecast.org/ Icecast] and other methods)
* Fully [[gapless]] playback
* High potential for further tuning
* Structured to allow the design for a hybrid filterbank

== Cons ==
* Limited official development (third-party developement is always encouraged)
* Current implementations are more computationally intensive to decode than MP3
* Multichannel input mappings for 5.1, Ambisonic-B, and other configs have no channel coupling and aren't tuned (expect sub-optimal results until code is improved)

= Technical Information =
* Multiple block sizes for window switching including overlap (powers of two only) ''(128/1024, 256/2048, 512/4096)''
* Customly designed [[window function]] is applied similiar to the sine window. it has (good sidelobe rejection)
:<math>w_k = \sin{(\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot sin^2[(\pi\div2n \cdot (k+0.5))]}</math>
* Psychoacoustics masking is exploited via an ([[ATH]] model)
* Masking curves are computed from an ''emperically'' adjusted set of [http://www.zainea.com/masking2.htm Ehmer Curves]
* Modified Discrete Cosine Transform ([[MDCT]]) is used for noise analysis
* Fast Fourier Transform ([[FFT]]) is used for tonal analysis
* Global masking curve is a mixture between calculated FFT+MDCT curves and ATH curves overlayed
* Floor 1 or the noise-floor (envelope) is calculated using the global masking curve & piecewise linear approximation divided by spectrum to generate the residue (fine detail). The Levinson-Durbin [http://www.data-compression.com/speech.html#ana LPC model] in Floor 0 is no longer used, however the code still exists
* [[Noise normalization]] is applied to compensate for energy lost in certain frequency bands due to quantization (rounding).
* The channels are [[channel coupling|coupled]] ''strictly'' by residue using ([http://us.xiph.org/ogg/vorbis/doc/stereo.html point/phase stereo] and lossless)
* Multistage [[Vector quantization]] is used for coding the noise-floor and residue backend using ''trained'' codebooks.
* [[Huffman coding]] is used to minimize vector codeword redundancy

= Software =
=== Encoders ===
* [[Oggenc]] official command-line encoder (Win32/Posix)
* [[OggDropXPd|OggdropXPd]] advanced drag-and-drop encoder by John33 (Win32)
* [[Lancer]] SSE-optimized vorbis encoder utility and libraries by BlackSword (Win32/Posix)
* [http://www.saunalahti.fi/cse/foobar2000/ foo_vorbisenc] vorbis encoder library for Foobar2000 (Win32)

=== Decoders ===
* [http://www.rarewares.org/ogg.html OggDec] for Windows, by John33, a very featureful command line decoder (Win32)
* [[Ogg123]] for Unix systems (GPL), a very simple to use command-line player. (Win32/Posix)
* [http://www.illiminable.com/ogg/ illiminable Ogg Directshow Filters] also plays Speex, Theora and FLAC (Win32)
* [http://www.xiph.org/quicktime/ XiphQT] (Xiph's QuickTime Components) allows playback in [[QuickTime]]/[[iTunes]] (Win32/MacPPC/MacIntel)
* [http://corevorbis.corecodec.org/ CoreVorbis] DirectShow filter (Win32)

=== Replay Gain ===
* [http://www.rarewares.org/ogg.html VorbisGain] to apply [[Replay Gain]] on Vorbis files (Win32)
** Instructions to integrate VorbisGain into Foobar2000, Winamp, and Windows Explorer can be found in [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=41880&view=findpost&p=396612 this HA thread] ''A precompiled script of the procedure (in RAR format) can be found in [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=45196&view=findpost&p=397803 this HA posting]''
** RPM packages for VorbisGain are available [http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3?stat=3&search=vorbisgain&srodzaj=3 here], and source code for VorbisGain is available [http://sjeng.org/vorbisgain.html here]
* [http://www.rarewares.org/quantumknot/vorbisgain.gz VorbisGain Static GCC 4 compile] (Posix)
* [[foobar2000]]'s ''Replay Gain scanner'' supports (Ogg) Vorbis files
* [[Winamp]]'s ''Replay Gain Analyzer'' supports (Ogg) Vorbis files
* [[MediaMonkey]]'s ''Volume Levelling'' supports (Ogg) Vorbis files

=== Splitters ===
The following utilities are used to splice Vorbis streams without decoding/re-encoding.

* [http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Ogg_Cutter.htm Ogg Cutter] (Win32)
* [http://mp3splt.sourceforge.net/ mp3splt] (Win32)
* [http://www.xiph.org/downloads/ vcut] (CLI tool part of the official vorbis-tools package) (Win32/Posix)
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/ogg-cut/ (Ogg) Vorbis Stream Cutter (ogg-cut)] (Posix)

=== Taggers ===
Most tagger supporting (Ogg) Vorbis are listed in [[download page#Tagging Utilities|the download page]].
* [http://www.rarewares.org/files/ogg/vorbiscomment-1.1.1.zip Vorbis Comment]

= Supported Digital Audio Players =
The following list contains some players that support Vorbis playback.
* [[Apple iPod]] with [[Rockbox]] firmware – check out this [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?s=32eeac65958144db631c8a739b41983c&showtopic=40992 HA thread]
* [http://www.ifreemax.com/ FreeMax] FW-960
* [http://www.iaudiophile.net/ iAudio] [[IAudio M3|M3]], U2, G3, X5, I5; X5 with [[Rockbox]] firmware
* [[iRiver H-Series]] with [[Rockbox]] firmware.
* [[MPIO H-Series]]
* [[Neuros]] with [[Rockbox]] firmware.
* [[Rio Karma]]
* [http://www.samsung.com/Products Samsung]
* [http://www.slimdevices.com/ Slim Devices: Squeezebox] External player
* [http://www.yepp.co.kr/ Yepp] YP-T6, YP-T7, YP-C1, YP-F1, YP-53 (Firmware 1.200), other..

A longer list can be found at [http://wiki.xiph.org/index.php/PortablePlayers xiph's wiki].

'''Important note:''' There may be players out there that support (Ogg) Vorbis, although they are not marketed as such.

= External links =
The following links contain information surrounding the (Ogg) Vorbis codec that can be found on Hydrogenaudio and elsewhere throughout the web.

=== Hydrogenaudio Wiki ===
* [[Ogg]] (Container)
* [[Listening Tests#Multiformat Tests|Listening tests comparing Vorbis against MP3, AAC, WMA, etc.]]
* [[Recommended Ogg Vorbis|Recommended settings for encoding with Vorbis]] and its related [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=15049 HA thread]
* [[EAC and Ogg Vorbis|Configuring EAC and Vorbis as an external command-line encoder]]

=== Websites ===
* [http://www.vorbis.com Vorbis official website] (updated continually)
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vorbis Vorbis at Wikipedia]
* [http://www.playogg.org/ PlayOgg initiative] by the [http://www.fsf.org/ Free Software Foundation]
* [http://www.audiocoding.com/modules/wiki/?page=Ogg+Vorbis (Ogg) Vorbis at AudioCoding]
* [http://www.rarewares.org/ogg.html (Ogg) Vorbis binaries at Rarewares]
* [http://www.geocities.jp/aoyoume/aotuv/ Aoyumi's homepage of tuned versions of Vorbis encoder and current beta binaries]
* [http://homepage3.nifty.com/blacksword/index_e.htm The (Ogg) Vorbis Acceleration Project] – Archer/[[Lancer]] homepage for optimized versions of aoTuV Vorbis encoder and other SSE optmizations
* [http://www.xiph.org/ Xiph.org Foundation]

=== Scientific/R&D ===
* [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=20132&st=0 Noise Normalization and HF Boost problem solution that ultimatly lead to the aoTuV tunings (HA Thread)]
* [http://www.free-comp-shop.com/vorbis.pdf Keith Wright rendition of understanding the MDCT in Vorbis by defining it's basic trig properties (PDF)]
* [http://www.mp3-tech.org/programmer/docs/embedded_vorbis_thesis.pdf (Ogg) Vorbis decoder for an embedded system (Master Thesis in PDF)]
* [http://wiki.xiph.org/index.php/Bounties Xiph.org Vorbis bounties]

[[Category:Lossy]]

Talk:Recommended Ogg Vorbis

2007-06-22T18:13:15Z

Pepoluan: /* Vendor Tag table */ Need aoTuV Beta 5's vendor tag. And move the darn table.

{{talkheader}}

==Major rewrite: Colors, linkback, etc.==

Um, the history here. Shouldn't it be in the [[Ogg Vorbis]] page instead? And a linkback from the [[Ogg Vorbis]] page to this page. --[[User:Pepoluan|pepoluan]] 20:22, 4 January 2006 (CST)

:I have added linkback from [[Ogg Vorbis]] page. Do we need the green text? And can someone tell me if 4.51 has or hasn't became the recommended version? (I personally use 4.51 but no time nor desire to AB 4 and 4.51) --[[User:Pepoluan|pepoluan]] 20:44, 4 January 2006 (CST)

::Yes, we do need the green text, it add's color to the wiki and sticks with color scheme in the thread ;-D. I personally put the page together with my bare hands, adapted, and changed it. The History should be similiar to, but with less of an emphasis on the codec and more on the binaries. I need to add in the advanced-command line parameters and knowing what binary is which. A lot of the other stuff can be left out. Thanks for fixing the table btw. If you see any other articles you can add information to with a reference or a source feel to free to do so. --[[User:HotshotGG|HotshotGG]] 5:52, 5 January 2006 (EST).

:::I'm all for color in the Wiki... but why must green :D
:::BTW you are wrong about 4.51. 4.51 is bugfix of 4.5, which is improvement from 4.
:::So from 4.5 to 4.51 there's no code change (other than bugfix), but from 4 to 4.5 there's improvement in quality.
:::See the announcement [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=38517 here]. --[[User:Pepoluan|pepoluan]] 07:48, 6 January 2006 (CST)

Here is what I am thinking. I think we should remove the green color's on the text and just use color's for syntax highlightening and important stuff. You can continue to edit the page and I will come back and check out it. It's look good for the most part there is a lot of stuff that nees to be edited though. --[[User:HotshotGG|HotshotGG]] 07:45, 7 January 2006 (EST).

:Tried to remove to greens. I think it looks overcolored now... black, then blue, then black, then green... the textblocks are too short I think to make it multicolored? --[[User:Pepoluan|pepoluan]] 07:30, 10 January 2006 (CST)

::I really think there was too much green. The page is quickly degrading into a rainbow page. So I recolorized everything. And change the ugly vendor tag list to a table. --[[User:Pepoluan|pepoluan]] 13:56, 19 January 2006 (GMT)

==aoTuV relation with libvorbis==

Note: aoTuV beta 2 was merged in xiph.org libvorbis 1.1, but aoTuV beta 3 was never merged in xiph.org. -- ''(Who wrote this?)''

==Tables & Previews==

Heyyy... the tables are now grey! I think the tables are better green... but the text better black. And will we please use the Show Preview button before Saving :P it drives me nuts seeing the history is so long... --[[User:Pepoluan|pepoluan]] 11:46, 22 January 2006 (CST)

==Vendor Tag table==

Do you think the Vendor Tag table is a bit too long to be placed here? It's not that related to the topic anyway? Perhaps we can make another page, i.e. Vorbis:Vendor Tags.
--[[User:Pepoluan|pepoluan]] 10:22, 12 May 2006 (CDT)

:I don't see a need too. The less pages that are needed to get the message across in the wiki the better. --[[User:HotshotGG|HotshotGG]] 1:43, 14 May 2006 (CDT)

::But the info in the table is (1) Useful for '''decoding''' not '''encoding''', and (2) Not really useful anyway.
::The page is getting too wieldy, anyways :-( --[[User:Pepoluan|pepoluan]] 02:32, 28 May 2006 (CDT)

----

I need the Vendor Tag for Lancer based on aoTuV Beta 5!

And I'm dying to move the Vendor Tag table to somewhere else!

--[[User:Pepoluan|pepoluan]] '''([[User_talk:pepoluan|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/pepoluan|contribs]])''' 13:13, 22 June 2007 (CDT)

==Clunky page==

When you quickly read the page, you see first the 4.51 encoders, and only after version 4. You have to read the page in detail to learn that version 4 is really the recommended encoder, and version 4.51 has to get more "peer review". I think the recommended encoder should be listed first, and the latest versions shown below, for those wanting to experiment.
--[[User:Norz|Norz]] 08:43, 9 July 2006 (CDT)

:IMO this page is getting too big, clunky, and confusing. Split this up! --[[User:Pepoluan|pepoluan]] 11:59, 10 July 2006 (CDT)

:The wiki page should be split and the descripentcy between 4.5 and 4.51 needs to resolved. I was going to re-edit that, but I forget about it. The only reason I have this page on my watchlist is, because it's a popularity contest. I usually focus my efforts elsewhere in the wiki. Let's see what we can do with it though and with your help I was able to transcribe into the wiki, which wouldn't have been done anyway had I not remember QT post from last year anyhow. --[[User:HotshotGG|HotshotGG]] 11:17, 10 July 2006 (CDT)

::Here's a list of my recommended changes. If no one objects in one week, then that means this list is accepted and changes will commence (by whomever).
::* History needs to be bulleted, with particular stress on the version & date.
::* Recommended Vorbis Encoders need to be restructured. I'm not really sure how, but 3rd party source code (i.e. aoTuV) needs to be moved somewhere.
::* Released Binaries (i.e. the Vorbis Vendor tag) needs its own page, linked to from History.
::* Advanced Encoder Settings needs its own page, linked to from Recommended Encoder Settings.
::I'm sure there are other possible improvements. But this is my list. Now, to figure out the nomenclature of the new pages.
::--[[User:Pepoluan|pepoluan]] 15:17, 12 July 2006 (CDT)

Again it doesn't need to be split. You are just making things more confusing for the average user. Work on some other guides in the wiki. You are stripping out pivotal information that some folks need. --[[User:HotshotGG|HotshotGG]] 19:32, 14 July 2006 (CDT)

:Okay. NP. My entry above was done the same time as I post the suggestion in the forums. So we'll leave it as it is then.
:--[[User:Pepoluan|pepoluan]] 13:00, 17 July 2006 (CDT)

Talk:Recommended Ogg Vorbis

2007-06-22T18:12:00Z

Pepoluan: Major rewrite into sections to ease discussion

{{talkheader}}

==Major rewrite: Colors, linkback, etc.==

Um, the history here. Shouldn't it be in the [[Ogg Vorbis]] page instead? And a linkback from the [[Ogg Vorbis]] page to this page. --[[User:Pepoluan|pepoluan]] 20:22, 4 January 2006 (CST)

:I have added linkback from [[Ogg Vorbis]] page. Do we need the green text? And can someone tell me if 4.51 has or hasn't became the recommended version? (I personally use 4.51 but no time nor desire to AB 4 and 4.51) --[[User:Pepoluan|pepoluan]] 20:44, 4 January 2006 (CST)

::Yes, we do need the green text, it add's color to the wiki and sticks with color scheme in the thread ;-D. I personally put the page together with my bare hands, adapted, and changed it. The History should be similiar to, but with less of an emphasis on the codec and more on the binaries. I need to add in the advanced-command line parameters and knowing what binary is which. A lot of the other stuff can be left out. Thanks for fixing the table btw. If you see any other articles you can add information to with a reference or a source feel to free to do so. --[[User:HotshotGG|HotshotGG]] 5:52, 5 January 2006 (EST).

:::I'm all for color in the Wiki... but why must green :D
:::BTW you are wrong about 4.51. 4.51 is bugfix of 4.5, which is improvement from 4.
:::So from 4.5 to 4.51 there's no code change (other than bugfix), but from 4 to 4.5 there's improvement in quality.
:::See the announcement [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=38517 here]. --[[User:Pepoluan|pepoluan]] 07:48, 6 January 2006 (CST)

Here is what I am thinking. I think we should remove the green color's on the text and just use color's for syntax highlightening and important stuff. You can continue to edit the page and I will come back and check out it. It's look good for the most part there is a lot of stuff that nees to be edited though. --[[User:HotshotGG|HotshotGG]] 07:45, 7 January 2006 (EST).

:Tried to remove to greens. I think it looks overcolored now... black, then blue, then black, then green... the textblocks are too short I think to make it multicolored? --[[User:Pepoluan|pepoluan]] 07:30, 10 January 2006 (CST)

::I really think there was too much green. The page is quickly degrading into a rainbow page. So I recolorized everything. And change the ugly vendor tag list to a table. --[[User:Pepoluan|pepoluan]] 13:56, 19 January 2006 (GMT)

==aoTuV relation with libvorbis==

Note: aoTuV beta 2 was merged in xiph.org libvorbis 1.1, but aoTuV beta 3 was never merged in xiph.org. -- ''(Who wrote this?)''

==Tables & Previews==

Heyyy... the tables are now grey! I think the tables are better green... but the text better black. And will we please use the Show Preview button before Saving :P it drives me nuts seeing the history is so long... --[[User:Pepoluan|pepoluan]] 11:46, 22 January 2006 (CST)

==Vendor Tag table==

Do you think the Vendor Tag table is a bit too long to be placed here? It's not that related to the topic anyway? Perhaps we can make another page, i.e. Vorbis:Vendor Tags.
--[[User:Pepoluan|pepoluan]] 10:22, 12 May 2006 (CDT)

:I don't see a need too. The less pages that are needed to get the message across in the wiki the better. --[[User:HotshotGG|HotshotGG]] 1:43, 14 May 2006 (CDT)

::But the info in the table is (1) Useful for '''decoding''' not '''encoding''', and (2) Not really useful anyway.
::The page is getting too wieldy, anyways :-( --[[User:Pepoluan|pepoluan]] 02:32, 28 May 2006 (CDT)

==Clunky page==

When you quickly read the page, you see first the 4.51 encoders, and only after version 4. You have to read the page in detail to learn that version 4 is really the recommended encoder, and version 4.51 has to get more "peer review". I think the recommended encoder should be listed first, and the latest versions shown below, for those wanting to experiment.
--[[User:Norz|Norz]] 08:43, 9 July 2006 (CDT)

:IMO this page is getting too big, clunky, and confusing. Split this up! --[[User:Pepoluan|pepoluan]] 11:59, 10 July 2006 (CDT)

:The wiki page should be split and the descripentcy between 4.5 and 4.51 needs to resolved. I was going to re-edit that, but I forget about it. The only reason I have this page on my watchlist is, because it's a popularity contest. I usually focus my efforts elsewhere in the wiki. Let's see what we can do with it though and with your help I was able to transcribe into the wiki, which wouldn't have been done anyway had I not remember QT post from last year anyhow. --[[User:HotshotGG|HotshotGG]] 11:17, 10 July 2006 (CDT)

::Here's a list of my recommended changes. If no one objects in one week, then that means this list is accepted and changes will commence (by whomever).
::* History needs to be bulleted, with particular stress on the version & date.
::* Recommended Vorbis Encoders need to be restructured. I'm not really sure how, but 3rd party source code (i.e. aoTuV) needs to be moved somewhere.
::* Released Binaries (i.e. the Vorbis Vendor tag) needs its own page, linked to from History.
::* Advanced Encoder Settings needs its own page, linked to from Recommended Encoder Settings.
::I'm sure there are other possible improvements. But this is my list. Now, to figure out the nomenclature of the new pages.
::--[[User:Pepoluan|pepoluan]] 15:17, 12 July 2006 (CDT)

Again it doesn't need to be split. You are just making things more confusing for the average user. Work on some other guides in the wiki. You are stripping out pivotal information that some folks need. --[[User:HotshotGG|HotshotGG]] 19:32, 14 July 2006 (CDT)

:Okay. NP. My entry above was done the same time as I post the suggestion in the forums. So we'll leave it as it is then.
:--[[User:Pepoluan|pepoluan]] 13:00, 17 July 2006 (CDT)

Recommended Ogg Vorbis

2007-06-22T18:07:31Z

Pepoluan: /* 3rd party source code */ reflect the fact that aoTuV b5 is now the recommended encoder

[[Image:fish_logo.png|right|]]
[[Vorbis]], being a continuously developed standard, improves all the time. Plus, being an open (i.e. patent-free) standard, it has many 'third-parties' that contribute, discuss, and work to improve the project.

Here you can find some guidelines on which utilities to use, and what settings will provide you with the best quality.

= History =
(For a highly detailed description of Vorbis history, check out OggZealot's [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=15274&view=findpost&p=153268 Ogg Vorbis Historic] where Monty also adds a few more details too).

(Ogg) Vorbis reached version 1.0 in '''July 2002'''. It is the official [http://www.xiph.org/ Xiph.org] encoder ''(the one you get from vorbis.com)''. HA codec developer, Garf, did his own tunings, based on version 1.0 to produce GT3b1 and GT3b2. Both encoders showed improved [[pre echo]] handling for ''q'' values of ''5 to 10''. It was later judged in an internal listening test that GT3b1 was the better of the two. There was a minor bugfix update earlier that year in March, which only appeared in the CVS at Xiph.org. This consisted of very minor bug fixes, which do more to correct odd problems that may occur rather than improving quality, including ''(garbled noise output and gaps in streams)''. This was referred to as Post 1.0 CVS. Quality problems that mainly affected low bitrates were later addressed in a new bugfix ''(1.0.1)'' that was released.

Post 1.0.1 CVS was released late '''December 2003''' by Monty at Xiph, and includes a true [[CBR]] template. In order to simplify the situation where we had two encoders ''(1.0.1 and GT3b1)'', OggDropXPd developer John33 merged the sources to give us GT3b2. Once the 128 kbps multiformat test was completed, Aoyumi's [[aoTuV]] Vorbis tuning was determined to be the best Vorbis encoder. After the success of aoTuV beta 2 encoder, Xiph.Org merged their tunings into the official CVS branch to produce the long-awaited Vorbis 1.1. Aoyumi's later release of '''aoTuV beta 4''' encoder as of '''November 2005''' significantly improves Vorbis' quality while increasing the compression ratio slightly.

Later on, Aoyumi released '''aoTuV beta 4.5''' (later bugfixed with '''aoTuV beta 4.51''') in '''December 2005''', which improves low bit-rate quality even more. After extensive testing by Hydrogenaudio enthusiasts, aoTuV beta 4.51 is re-branded to '''aoTuV Release 1''', and it became the '''''then''''' recommended encoder of Hydrogenaudio. Aoyumi keeps tuning aoTuV. The newest aoTuV encoder is aoTuV Beta 5. '''Peer-review by Hydrogenaudio enthusiasts finally decided on June 2007 that aoTuV Beta 5 is now the recommended Vorbis encoder of HydrogenAudio.'''

Near the end of 2005, after aoTuV beta 4.51 was released, Xiph.org released '''Vorbis 1.1.2'''. Unfortunatly it only provides bugfixes to Vorbis 1.1.1. Although this is the 'official' version, it is '''not recommended''' by HA. If you are not interested in the latest “bleeding edge” improvements, you are welcome to use the latest release from Xiph.org '''Vorbis 1.1.2''' library.

''Note: Xiph.org does not maintain the binaries, but rather provides newest updates and releases to libogg and libvorbis, etc.''

= Recommended Vorbis Encoders =
''(adapted from [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=15049 Recommended Encoder and Settings] post compiled by QuantumKnot)''

== Windows binaries ==
John33's oggenc2.8 is a special version of the (Ogg) Vorbis encoder. “Features include compression from lossless files (Monkeys Audio, LPAC, FLAC, OptimFROG, WavPack and Shorten – requires presence of decoders), and the ability to specify 'padding' in the headers for subsequent insertion of Tags” (from Ogg Vorbis page at rarewares).

* '''[http://www.rarewares.org/files/ogg/oggenc2.83-aoTuVb5.zip oggenc2.83 aoTuV Beta 5]'''

 If you prefer a nice drag-and-drop interface, then you can try John33's OggDropXPd (Windows only). “Features include compression from lossless files ([[Monkey's Audio]], [[LPAC]], [[FLAC]] and [[OptimFROG]]), auto-tagging, renaming of encoded files, setting of advanced encoder parameters, use of VorbisGain tags on decode, Playlist (.m3u) creation, and others” (from Ogg Vorbis page at rarewares).

* '''[http://www.rarewares.org/files/ogg/oggdropXPdV1.8.9-aoTuVb5.zip OggDropXPd v1.8.9 aoTuV Beta 5]'''

 '''Note:''' If the above links do not work, then it is most likely caused by a new version of John33's utilities. In that case, go directly to [http://www.rarewares.org/ogg.php the Ogg Vorbis page at rarewares].

''(OggDropXPd QuickStart guide is [[OggDropXPd|here]])''

== Mac OS X binaries ==

Users of Mac OS X can download the following pack of tools:
* '''[http://www.rarewares.org/files/ogg/vorbis_tools_1.1.1_aoTuVb4.51.zip Vorbis Tools (oggenc, oggdec, etc.) version 1.1.1 using aoTuVb4.51 for Mac OS X]'''
: These tools were compiled by krmathis for OS/X.

'''''Note:''' aoTuV Beta 4.51 (a.k.a. Release 1) is used, however this has very little effect on the output of files produced compared with aoTuV Beta 5.''

== Linux binaries ==
* '''[http://www.rarewares.org/quantumknot/oggenc-aotuv451.gz oggenc aoTuV beta 4.51 and libogg 1.1.3 (Static GCC 4 compile)]''' '''with impulse_trigger_profile'''
: This static GCC 4 binary was compiled by QuantumKnot.

* '''[http://artfwo.googlepages.com/oggenc-aotuvb5.bz2 oggenc aoTuV beta 5 with libogg 1.1.3 and FLAC read support (Static GCC 4 compile)]'''
: This static GCC 4 binary was compiled by artfwo.

''Note: There is no Linux Oggenc2.x that has been compiled with Lancer Optimizations as of yet (third-parties with a access to a unix environment are encouraged to try and compile one themselves if they have access to the sources, see below.)''

== 3rd party source code ==
These are other (Ogg) Vorbis encoders that were tuned by 3rd party developers (outside of Xiph.Org).

* '''[http://www.geocities.jp/aoyoume/aotuv/ aoTuV (Aoyumi's Tuned Vorbis)]''' – contains modified source code written in C and downloads of binaries.

: ''The source-code contains modifications mostly to the psychoacoustics model and bitrate allocation, i.e [http://trac.xiph.org/browser/trunk/vorbis/lib/psy.c#L287 psy.c] (aotuv_hf_ weighting, Line 287)''

: '''aoTuV Release 1 – The previous recommended encoder'''

:: This version (re-branded from beta 4.51) is an improvement over aoTuV beta 4, which although based on libvorbis 1.1.1, gives a better quality at low to medium bitrates. Since beta 4, aoTuV includes a -q -2 option for the lowest bitrate. According to guruboolez' latest listening test on classical music, aoTuV beta 4 performed magnificently well at -q 6!! ''(see Aoyumi's website above for more information)''

:: Many Hydrogenaudio enthusiasts report that Release 1 gives even better quality for low bit-rates. -q 1.5 works for streaming, even good enough.

: '''aoTuV Beta 5 – The recommended encoder'''

:: This version is the latest tuning. It improves further on low-bitrate encoding, without sacrificing compression. '''It is now the recommended Vorbis encoder at Hydrogenaudio.'''

: See [[Compiling aoTuV]] for information on how to compile it for Linux.

== Optimized binaries ==
These are highly optimized encoders developed by the '''[http://homepage3.nifty.com/blacksword/index_e.htm Ogg Vorbis Acceleration Project]''' codenamed [[Lancer]]. They are much faster than the standard binary builds having negligible to nearly no effects on audio quality. These include sped-up routines, i.e ''mdct.c''

'''''These optimized encoders are rapidly changing currently, as BlackSword finds new ways to accelerate, and in the process uncovers new bugs. Please check the “Lancer homepage” link below for the latest suite.'''''

On '''[http://homepage3.nifty.com/blacksword/index.htm Lancer homepage]''' you can find the latest versions of Oggenc, [[OggDropXPd]], and Dynamic Link Libraries, with optimizations for SSE, SSE2, SSE3 and multi-threading instruction sets.

''Note: Output of Lancer may be slightly different from output of 'standard' aoTuV. This is due to the difference of floating-point rounding: Lancer uses 64-bit SSE instructions, in contrast to the standard aoTuV use of 80-bit FP instructions. The output difference between both binaries should not be audible at all. In fact, tests have proven that playback of Lancer's output is indistinguishable from playback of standard aoTuV output.''

= Released Binaries =
How do I know which encoder was used to make this particular (Ogg) Vorbis file?

Using either the ''ogginfo'' program or file info in your player, you can tell from the vendor tag:

If you aren't interested in the latest compiles feel free to use Vorbis 1.1.2 libraries.

{| border="0" style="margin-left:2px; border:1px dotted;" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0"
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! Vendor Tag !! Encoder !! Note
|-
| Xiphophorus libVorbis I 20000508
| '''1.0 Beta 1 or Beta 2 '''
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| Xiphophorus libVorbis I 20001031
| '''1.0 Beta 3 
|
|-
| Xiphophorus libVorbis I 20010225
| '''1.0 Beta 4 
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| Xiphophorus libVorbis I 20010615
| '''1.0 RC1 
|
|-
| Xiphophorus libVorbis I 20010813
| '''1.0 RC2 
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| Xiphophorus libVorbis I 20010816 (gtune 1)
| '''1.0 RC2 GT1 
|
|-
| Xiphophorus libVorbis I 20011014 (GTune 2)
| '''1.0 RC2 GT2 
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| Xiphophorus libVorbis I 20011217
| '''1.0 RC3 
|
|-
| Xiphophorus libVorbis I 20011231
| '''1.0 RC3 
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| Xiph.Org libVorbis I 20020717
| '''1.0 
|
|-
| Xiph.Org/Sjeng.Org libVorbis I 20020717 (GTune 3, beta 1)
| '''GT3b1 
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| Xiph.Org libVorbis I 20030308
| '''Post 1.0 CVS 
|
|-
| Xiph.Org libVorbis I 20030909
| '''1.0.1 
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| Xiph.Org/Sjeng.Org libVorbis I 20030909 (GTune 3, beta 2) EXPERIMENTAL
| '''Experimental GT3b2 
|
|-
| Xiph.Org libVorbis I 20031230 (1.0.1)
| '''Post 1.0.1 CVS 
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| Xiph.Org/Sjeng.Org libVorbis I 20031230 (GTune 3, beta 2)
| '''GT3b2 
|
|-
| AO; aoTuV b2 [20040420] (based on Xiph.Org's 1.0.1)
| '''aoTuV Beta 2 
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| Xiph.Org libVorbis I 20040629
| '''Xiph.Org Vorbis 1.1 or Xiph.Org Vorbis 1.1 RC1 
|
|-
| Xiph.Org libVorbis I 20040920
| '''Xiph.Org Vorbis 1.1 with impulse_trigger_profile 
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| AO; aoTuV b3 [20041120] (based on Xiph.Org's libVorbis)
| ''' aoTuV Beta 3 
|
|-
| Xiph.Org libVorbis I 20050304
| ''' Xiph.Org Vorbis 1.1.1 or Xiph.Org Vorbis 1.1.2 
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| AO; aoTuV b4 [20050617] (based on Xiph.Org's libVorbis)
| '''aoTuV Beta 4 
|
|-
| BS; Lancer [20050709] (based on aoTuV b4 [20050617])
| '''Lancer based on aoTuV Beta 4
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| AO; aoTuV b4a [20051105] (based on Xiph.Org's libVorbis)
| '''aoTuV Beta 4.5 
|
|-
| AO; aoTuV b4b [20051117] (based on Xiph.Org's libVorbis)
| '''aoTuV Beta 4.51 
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| BS; Lancer [20051121] (based on aoTuV b4b [20051117])
| '''Lancer based on aoTuV Beta 4.51
|
|-
| AO; aoTuV pre-beta5 [20060321] (based on Xiph.Org's libVorbis)
| '''aoTuV Beta 5
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| BS; Lancer(''xxx'') [''yyyymmdd''] (based on aoTuV b4b [20051117])
| '''Processor-specific Lancer based on aoTuV Beta 4.51
| (1)
|-
| BS; Lancer(''xxx'') [''yyyymmdd''] (based on aoTuV Release 1 [20051117])
| '''Processor-specific Lancer based on aoTuV Release 1
| (1)
|}

<div style="margin-left:10px;">
(1)'' Starting 2006-05-06, BlackSword provides accelerated versions for different processors. See the [[Lancer]] page for more information. ''
</div>

= Recommended Encoder Settings =
'''Refer to the table below. For best results, start at -q 2 and''' [[ABX]] '''your way up.''' 
''Ultimately, the best -q setting will depend on your specific needs. Feel free to experiment.''

'''General Command Line Usage:'''

'''oggenc -q n inputfile.wav '''

:''where'' '''n''' ''is a number from -1 to 10, fractions accepted (using comma or period, depending on where the tool is compiled)'' e.g. '''oggenc -q 5 inputfile.wav '''

'''Notes:'''
* Most standard oggenc binaries can input lossless FLAC, WavPack, etc files as well (depending upon oggenc version)
* ''oggenc2.7'' and later are the only versions of oggenc that conform to the '''WAVEFORMATEXTENSIBLE''' header for outputing and decoding multi-channel Vorbis files (3 to 6 channels) in compliance with the Vorbis I decoding specification. Encoding multichannel content might still produce sub-optimal files, if lossless channel coupling is not used i.e ''(=> -q 6 and up)'', due to modifications that need to be performed in libvorbis for proper channel coupling. Encoding assumes source material is CD audio content or PCM equivalent. ''
* The current oggenc and libvorbis API don't support the capabilities of full “bitrate peeling” yet. Experimental peelers exist, but only for testings purposes. ''i.e (Vinjey Systems)''. If you are a developer and are interested in re-writing the encoder to support peeling (retraining some VQ books, etc), there is $250.00 bounty for implementing it into libvorbis [https://launchpad.net/bounties/ogg-vorbis-bitrate-peeling peeling bounty].

{| border="0" style="margin-left:50px; border:1px dotted; text-align:center;" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! Switch !! VBR target (kbit/s) !! VBR range (kbit/s) !! [[Channel coupling|Channel Coupling]] !! [[Noise normalization|Noise Normalization]] !! Note
|-
| -q -2 || ~32 || ~32 – ~64 || point/lossless || yes || (1)
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| -q -1 || ~48 || ~48 – ~64 || point/lossless || yes || (2)
|-
| -q 0 || ~64 || ~64–~80 || point/lossless || yes ||
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| -q 1 || ~80 || ~80 – ~96 || point/lossless || yes || (3)
|-
| -q 2 || ~96 || ~96 – ~112 || point/lossless || yes ||
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| -q 3 || ~112 || ~112 – ~128 || point/lossless || yes ||
|-
| -q 4 || ~128 || ~128 – ~160 || point/lossless || no ||
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| -q 5 || ~160 || ~160 – ~192 || point/lossless || no || (4)
|-
| -q 6 || ~192 || ~192 – ~224 || lossless || no ||
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| -q 7 || ~224 || ~224 – ~256 || lossless || no ||
|-
| -q 8 || ~256 || ~256 – ~320 || lossless || no ||
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| -q 9 || ~320 || ~320 – ~500 || lossless || no ||
|-
| -q 10 || ~500 || ~500 – ~1000 || lossless || no ||
|}

<div style="margin-left:30px;">
(1)'' Only supported on aoTuVb3 and newer '' 
(2)'' Bitrate of 48 kbit/s is only for aoTuVb3 and newer. Earlier versions and Xiph.org versions use a bitrate of 45 kbit/s '' 
(3)'' Reports seem to indicate that aoTuV Release 1 -q 1 provides good quality for streaming '' 
(4)'' Most users agree -q 5 achieves transparency, if the source is the original or [[lossless]]. It is not transparent in the case of [[transcoding]] from lossy source '''(strongly frowned upon)'''''

If you need to know what '''lowpass settings''' are used for each quality level, see [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=15049&st=160&p=357461&#entry357461 this HA thread]. ''(It is not recommended that you adjust these)''
</div>

= Advanced Encoder Settings =
=== Reducing Pre-echo ===
''This is applicable to Vorbis 1.1; it may or may not be applicable to aoTuV releases.''

Generally, using the recommended settings above will give the best quality. There may be cases where Vorbis 1.1 will fail to reproduce sharp attacks or transients in your music, causing [[pre echo]]. In which case, you can use the '''impulse_noisetune''' advanced encode switch:

'''General Command Line Usage:'''
'''oggenc -q '''n''' --advanced-encode-option impulse_noisetune=p inputfile.wav'''
:'''where ''p'' is a number from 0 to -15'''
:e.g. '''oggenc -q '''5''' --advanced-encode-option impulse_noisetune=-5 inputfile.wav'''

Note that the lower the number (toward -15) for impulse_noisetune, the higher the bitrate will fluctuate in passages of music filled with transient attacks (and the final average bitrate may be much higher than the nominal). Therefore, you should try a small value to start off (say '''-5''') and see if you get acceptable quality. If not, tweak it lower.

=== Reducing noise due to microattacks ===
''This is only valid for some Vorbis encoders that are marked as having '''''impulse_trigger_profile'''.

There are certain parts of some types of music, called “microattacks”, where Vorbis will produce a noise (sort of like a puff of steam), which is due to inaccuracies in the block-switching algorithm ''(which can't be corrected)''. Due to the fact the attacks are so fine and close together, Vorbis doesn't switch to impulse short blocks enough, thus “smearing” the reproduction.

By default (with no additional switches), Vorbis selects a different profile for block switching (lower means less switching, higher means more switching) and the default values are shown in the table below:

{| border="0" style="margin-left: 150px; color:green; border:1px dotted green; text-align:center;" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! Quality !! Profile !!   !! Quality !! Profile
|-
| -1 || 0 || || 5 || 2.5
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| 0 || 1 || || 6 || 2.7
|-
| 1 || 1 || || 7 || 3
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| 2 || 1.5 || || 8 || 3.7
|-
| 3 || 2 || || 9 || 4
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| 4 || 2 || || 10 || 4
|}

If you encounter this problem on microattacks, you may try the impulse_trigger_profile advanced encode switch, which will change (increase) the profile to your desired value.

'''oggenc -q n --advanced-encode-option impulse_trigger_profile='''r''' inputfile.wav'''
:''where'' '''r''' ''is a number from 0 to 4, fractions accepted.''

'''Notes:'''
* There is the possibility that relaxed block switching (higher profiles) may cause other quality problems and create suboptimal Vorbis files. Please use it sparingly and with caution. If in doubt, leave impulse_trigger_profile on default ''(that is, don't use it at all)''
* Setting the profile too high will make Vorbis switch to impulse short blocks more often, which will lead to higher bitrate fluctuations. Please be conservative about how you intend to use it.
* This setting has no effect on reducing the level of pre-echo. It can be said to only reduce the ''likelihood'' of [[Pre echo|pre echo]], but the amount of pre-echo is tuned using the '''impulse_noisetune''' switch instead.
* You may try profiles 5 and 6 as substitutes for 3 and 4. Both Profiles 5 and 6, came from 3 and 4 in GT3b2.

You can use both impulse_noisetune and impulse_trigger_profile at the same time, but you will need separate switches, e.g.

oggenc -q n --advanced-encode-option impulse_noisetune=p
--advanced-encode-option impulse_trigger_profile=r inputfile.wav

[[Category:Guides]]

Recommended Ogg Vorbis

2007-06-22T18:05:28Z

Pepoluan: /* Mac OS/X binaries */ Better words

[[Image:fish_logo.png|right|]]
[[Vorbis]], being a continuously developed standard, improves all the time. Plus, being an open (i.e. patent-free) standard, it has many 'third-parties' that contribute, discuss, and work to improve the project.

Here you can find some guidelines on which utilities to use, and what settings will provide you with the best quality.

= History =
(For a highly detailed description of Vorbis history, check out OggZealot's [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=15274&view=findpost&p=153268 Ogg Vorbis Historic] where Monty also adds a few more details too).

(Ogg) Vorbis reached version 1.0 in '''July 2002'''. It is the official [http://www.xiph.org/ Xiph.org] encoder ''(the one you get from vorbis.com)''. HA codec developer, Garf, did his own tunings, based on version 1.0 to produce GT3b1 and GT3b2. Both encoders showed improved [[pre echo]] handling for ''q'' values of ''5 to 10''. It was later judged in an internal listening test that GT3b1 was the better of the two. There was a minor bugfix update earlier that year in March, which only appeared in the CVS at Xiph.org. This consisted of very minor bug fixes, which do more to correct odd problems that may occur rather than improving quality, including ''(garbled noise output and gaps in streams)''. This was referred to as Post 1.0 CVS. Quality problems that mainly affected low bitrates were later addressed in a new bugfix ''(1.0.1)'' that was released.

Post 1.0.1 CVS was released late '''December 2003''' by Monty at Xiph, and includes a true [[CBR]] template. In order to simplify the situation where we had two encoders ''(1.0.1 and GT3b1)'', OggDropXPd developer John33 merged the sources to give us GT3b2. Once the 128 kbps multiformat test was completed, Aoyumi's [[aoTuV]] Vorbis tuning was determined to be the best Vorbis encoder. After the success of aoTuV beta 2 encoder, Xiph.Org merged their tunings into the official CVS branch to produce the long-awaited Vorbis 1.1. Aoyumi's later release of '''aoTuV beta 4''' encoder as of '''November 2005''' significantly improves Vorbis' quality while increasing the compression ratio slightly.

Later on, Aoyumi released '''aoTuV beta 4.5''' (later bugfixed with '''aoTuV beta 4.51''') in '''December 2005''', which improves low bit-rate quality even more. After extensive testing by Hydrogenaudio enthusiasts, aoTuV beta 4.51 is re-branded to '''aoTuV Release 1''', and it became the '''''then''''' recommended encoder of Hydrogenaudio. Aoyumi keeps tuning aoTuV. The newest aoTuV encoder is aoTuV Beta 5. '''Peer-review by Hydrogenaudio enthusiasts finally decided on June 2007 that aoTuV Beta 5 is now the recommended Vorbis encoder of HydrogenAudio.'''

Near the end of 2005, after aoTuV beta 4.51 was released, Xiph.org released '''Vorbis 1.1.2'''. Unfortunatly it only provides bugfixes to Vorbis 1.1.1. Although this is the 'official' version, it is '''not recommended''' by HA. If you are not interested in the latest “bleeding edge” improvements, you are welcome to use the latest release from Xiph.org '''Vorbis 1.1.2''' library.

''Note: Xiph.org does not maintain the binaries, but rather provides newest updates and releases to libogg and libvorbis, etc.''

= Recommended Vorbis Encoders =
''(adapted from [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=15049 Recommended Encoder and Settings] post compiled by QuantumKnot)''

== Windows binaries ==
John33's oggenc2.8 is a special version of the (Ogg) Vorbis encoder. “Features include compression from lossless files (Monkeys Audio, LPAC, FLAC, OptimFROG, WavPack and Shorten – requires presence of decoders), and the ability to specify 'padding' in the headers for subsequent insertion of Tags” (from Ogg Vorbis page at rarewares).

* '''[http://www.rarewares.org/files/ogg/oggenc2.83-aoTuVb5.zip oggenc2.83 aoTuV Beta 5]'''

 If you prefer a nice drag-and-drop interface, then you can try John33's OggDropXPd (Windows only). “Features include compression from lossless files ([[Monkey's Audio]], [[LPAC]], [[FLAC]] and [[OptimFROG]]), auto-tagging, renaming of encoded files, setting of advanced encoder parameters, use of VorbisGain tags on decode, Playlist (.m3u) creation, and others” (from Ogg Vorbis page at rarewares).

* '''[http://www.rarewares.org/files/ogg/oggdropXPdV1.8.9-aoTuVb5.zip OggDropXPd v1.8.9 aoTuV Beta 5]'''

 '''Note:''' If the above links do not work, then it is most likely caused by a new version of John33's utilities. In that case, go directly to [http://www.rarewares.org/ogg.php the Ogg Vorbis page at rarewares].

''(OggDropXPd QuickStart guide is [[OggDropXPd|here]])''

== Mac OS X binaries ==

Users of Mac OS X can download the following pack of tools:
* '''[http://www.rarewares.org/files/ogg/vorbis_tools_1.1.1_aoTuVb4.51.zip Vorbis Tools (oggenc, oggdec, etc.) version 1.1.1 using aoTuVb4.51 for Mac OS X]'''
: These tools were compiled by krmathis for OS/X.

'''''Note:''' aoTuV Beta 4.51 (a.k.a. Release 1) is used, however this has very little effect on the output of files produced compared with aoTuV Beta 5.''

== Linux binaries ==
* '''[http://www.rarewares.org/quantumknot/oggenc-aotuv451.gz oggenc aoTuV beta 4.51 and libogg 1.1.3 (Static GCC 4 compile)]''' '''with impulse_trigger_profile'''
: This static GCC 4 binary was compiled by QuantumKnot.

* '''[http://artfwo.googlepages.com/oggenc-aotuvb5.bz2 oggenc aoTuV beta 5 with libogg 1.1.3 and FLAC read support (Static GCC 4 compile)]'''
: This static GCC 4 binary was compiled by artfwo.

''Note: There is no Linux Oggenc2.x that has been compiled with Lancer Optimizations as of yet (third-parties with a access to a unix environment are encouraged to try and compile one themselves if they have access to the sources, see below.)''

== 3rd party source code ==
These are other (Ogg) Vorbis encoders that were tuned by 3rd party developers (outside of Xiph.Org).

* '''[http://www.geocities.jp/aoyoume/aotuv/ aoTuV (Aoyumi's Tuned Vorbis)]''' – contains modified source code written in C and downloads of binaries.

: ''The source-code contains modifications mostly to the psychoacoustics model and bitrate allocation, i.e [http://trac.xiph.org/browser/trunk/vorbis/lib/psy.c#L287 psy.c] (aotuv_hf_ weighting, Line 287)''

: '''aoTuV Release 1 – The recommended encoder'''

:: This version (re-branded from beta 4.51) is an improvement over aoTuV beta 4, which although based on libvorbis 1.1.1, gives a better quality at low to medium bitrates. Since beta 4, aoTuV includes a -q -2 option for the lowest bitrate. According to guruboolez' latest listening test on classical music, aoTuV beta 4 performed magnificently well at -q 6!! ''(see Aoyumi's website above for more information)''

:: Many Hydrogenaudio enthusiasts report that Release 1 gives even better quality for low bit-rates. -q 1.5 works for streaming, even good enough.

: '''aoTuV Beta 5 – The latest encoder'''

:: This version is the latest tuning. It improves further on low-bitrate encoding, without sacrificing compression. '''It is currently undergoing a peer-review process at Hydrogenaudio.'''

: See [[Compiling aoTuV]] for information on how to compile it for Linux.

== Optimized binaries ==
These are highly optimized encoders developed by the '''[http://homepage3.nifty.com/blacksword/index_e.htm Ogg Vorbis Acceleration Project]''' codenamed [[Lancer]]. They are much faster than the standard binary builds having negligible to nearly no effects on audio quality. These include sped-up routines, i.e ''mdct.c''

'''''These optimized encoders are rapidly changing currently, as BlackSword finds new ways to accelerate, and in the process uncovers new bugs. Please check the “Lancer homepage” link below for the latest suite.'''''

On '''[http://homepage3.nifty.com/blacksword/index.htm Lancer homepage]''' you can find the latest versions of Oggenc, [[OggDropXPd]], and Dynamic Link Libraries, with optimizations for SSE, SSE2, SSE3 and multi-threading instruction sets.

''Note: Output of Lancer may be slightly different from output of 'standard' aoTuV. This is due to the difference of floating-point rounding: Lancer uses 64-bit SSE instructions, in contrast to the standard aoTuV use of 80-bit FP instructions. The output difference between both binaries should not be audible at all. In fact, tests have proven that playback of Lancer's output is indistinguishable from playback of standard aoTuV output.''

= Released Binaries =
How do I know which encoder was used to make this particular (Ogg) Vorbis file?

Using either the ''ogginfo'' program or file info in your player, you can tell from the vendor tag:

If you aren't interested in the latest compiles feel free to use Vorbis 1.1.2 libraries.

{| border="0" style="margin-left:2px; border:1px dotted;" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0"
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! Vendor Tag !! Encoder !! Note
|-
| Xiphophorus libVorbis I 20000508
| '''1.0 Beta 1 or Beta 2 '''
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| Xiphophorus libVorbis I 20001031
| '''1.0 Beta 3 
|
|-
| Xiphophorus libVorbis I 20010225
| '''1.0 Beta 4 
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| Xiphophorus libVorbis I 20010615
| '''1.0 RC1 
|
|-
| Xiphophorus libVorbis I 20010813
| '''1.0 RC2 
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| Xiphophorus libVorbis I 20010816 (gtune 1)
| '''1.0 RC2 GT1 
|
|-
| Xiphophorus libVorbis I 20011014 (GTune 2)
| '''1.0 RC2 GT2 
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| Xiphophorus libVorbis I 20011217
| '''1.0 RC3 
|
|-
| Xiphophorus libVorbis I 20011231
| '''1.0 RC3 
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| Xiph.Org libVorbis I 20020717
| '''1.0 
|
|-
| Xiph.Org/Sjeng.Org libVorbis I 20020717 (GTune 3, beta 1)
| '''GT3b1 
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| Xiph.Org libVorbis I 20030308
| '''Post 1.0 CVS 
|
|-
| Xiph.Org libVorbis I 20030909
| '''1.0.1 
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| Xiph.Org/Sjeng.Org libVorbis I 20030909 (GTune 3, beta 2) EXPERIMENTAL
| '''Experimental GT3b2 
|
|-
| Xiph.Org libVorbis I 20031230 (1.0.1)
| '''Post 1.0.1 CVS 
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| Xiph.Org/Sjeng.Org libVorbis I 20031230 (GTune 3, beta 2)
| '''GT3b2 
|
|-
| AO; aoTuV b2 [20040420] (based on Xiph.Org's 1.0.1)
| '''aoTuV Beta 2 
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| Xiph.Org libVorbis I 20040629
| '''Xiph.Org Vorbis 1.1 or Xiph.Org Vorbis 1.1 RC1 
|
|-
| Xiph.Org libVorbis I 20040920
| '''Xiph.Org Vorbis 1.1 with impulse_trigger_profile 
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| AO; aoTuV b3 [20041120] (based on Xiph.Org's libVorbis)
| ''' aoTuV Beta 3 
|
|-
| Xiph.Org libVorbis I 20050304
| ''' Xiph.Org Vorbis 1.1.1 or Xiph.Org Vorbis 1.1.2 
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| AO; aoTuV b4 [20050617] (based on Xiph.Org's libVorbis)
| '''aoTuV Beta 4 
|
|-
| BS; Lancer [20050709] (based on aoTuV b4 [20050617])
| '''Lancer based on aoTuV Beta 4
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| AO; aoTuV b4a [20051105] (based on Xiph.Org's libVorbis)
| '''aoTuV Beta 4.5 
|
|-
| AO; aoTuV b4b [20051117] (based on Xiph.Org's libVorbis)
| '''aoTuV Beta 4.51 
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| BS; Lancer [20051121] (based on aoTuV b4b [20051117])
| '''Lancer based on aoTuV Beta 4.51
|
|-
| AO; aoTuV pre-beta5 [20060321] (based on Xiph.Org's libVorbis)
| '''aoTuV Beta 5
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| BS; Lancer(''xxx'') [''yyyymmdd''] (based on aoTuV b4b [20051117])
| '''Processor-specific Lancer based on aoTuV Beta 4.51
| (1)
|-
| BS; Lancer(''xxx'') [''yyyymmdd''] (based on aoTuV Release 1 [20051117])
| '''Processor-specific Lancer based on aoTuV Release 1
| (1)
|}

<div style="margin-left:10px;">
(1)'' Starting 2006-05-06, BlackSword provides accelerated versions for different processors. See the [[Lancer]] page for more information. ''
</div>

= Recommended Encoder Settings =
'''Refer to the table below. For best results, start at -q 2 and''' [[ABX]] '''your way up.''' 
''Ultimately, the best -q setting will depend on your specific needs. Feel free to experiment.''

'''General Command Line Usage:'''

'''oggenc -q n inputfile.wav '''

:''where'' '''n''' ''is a number from -1 to 10, fractions accepted (using comma or period, depending on where the tool is compiled)'' e.g. '''oggenc -q 5 inputfile.wav '''

'''Notes:'''
* Most standard oggenc binaries can input lossless FLAC, WavPack, etc files as well (depending upon oggenc version)
* ''oggenc2.7'' and later are the only versions of oggenc that conform to the '''WAVEFORMATEXTENSIBLE''' header for outputing and decoding multi-channel Vorbis files (3 to 6 channels) in compliance with the Vorbis I decoding specification. Encoding multichannel content might still produce sub-optimal files, if lossless channel coupling is not used i.e ''(=> -q 6 and up)'', due to modifications that need to be performed in libvorbis for proper channel coupling. Encoding assumes source material is CD audio content or PCM equivalent. ''
* The current oggenc and libvorbis API don't support the capabilities of full “bitrate peeling” yet. Experimental peelers exist, but only for testings purposes. ''i.e (Vinjey Systems)''. If you are a developer and are interested in re-writing the encoder to support peeling (retraining some VQ books, etc), there is $250.00 bounty for implementing it into libvorbis [https://launchpad.net/bounties/ogg-vorbis-bitrate-peeling peeling bounty].

{| border="0" style="margin-left:50px; border:1px dotted; text-align:center;" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! Switch !! VBR target (kbit/s) !! VBR range (kbit/s) !! [[Channel coupling|Channel Coupling]] !! [[Noise normalization|Noise Normalization]] !! Note
|-
| -q -2 || ~32 || ~32 – ~64 || point/lossless || yes || (1)
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| -q -1 || ~48 || ~48 – ~64 || point/lossless || yes || (2)
|-
| -q 0 || ~64 || ~64–~80 || point/lossless || yes ||
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| -q 1 || ~80 || ~80 – ~96 || point/lossless || yes || (3)
|-
| -q 2 || ~96 || ~96 – ~112 || point/lossless || yes ||
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| -q 3 || ~112 || ~112 – ~128 || point/lossless || yes ||
|-
| -q 4 || ~128 || ~128 – ~160 || point/lossless || no ||
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| -q 5 || ~160 || ~160 – ~192 || point/lossless || no || (4)
|-
| -q 6 || ~192 || ~192 – ~224 || lossless || no ||
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| -q 7 || ~224 || ~224 – ~256 || lossless || no ||
|-
| -q 8 || ~256 || ~256 – ~320 || lossless || no ||
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| -q 9 || ~320 || ~320 – ~500 || lossless || no ||
|-
| -q 10 || ~500 || ~500 – ~1000 || lossless || no ||
|}

<div style="margin-left:30px;">
(1)'' Only supported on aoTuVb3 and newer '' 
(2)'' Bitrate of 48 kbit/s is only for aoTuVb3 and newer. Earlier versions and Xiph.org versions use a bitrate of 45 kbit/s '' 
(3)'' Reports seem to indicate that aoTuV Release 1 -q 1 provides good quality for streaming '' 
(4)'' Most users agree -q 5 achieves transparency, if the source is the original or [[lossless]]. It is not transparent in the case of [[transcoding]] from lossy source '''(strongly frowned upon)'''''

If you need to know what '''lowpass settings''' are used for each quality level, see [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=15049&st=160&p=357461&#entry357461 this HA thread]. ''(It is not recommended that you adjust these)''
</div>

= Advanced Encoder Settings =
=== Reducing Pre-echo ===
''This is applicable to Vorbis 1.1; it may or may not be applicable to aoTuV releases.''

Generally, using the recommended settings above will give the best quality. There may be cases where Vorbis 1.1 will fail to reproduce sharp attacks or transients in your music, causing [[pre echo]]. In which case, you can use the '''impulse_noisetune''' advanced encode switch:

'''General Command Line Usage:'''
'''oggenc -q '''n''' --advanced-encode-option impulse_noisetune=p inputfile.wav'''
:'''where ''p'' is a number from 0 to -15'''
:e.g. '''oggenc -q '''5''' --advanced-encode-option impulse_noisetune=-5 inputfile.wav'''

Note that the lower the number (toward -15) for impulse_noisetune, the higher the bitrate will fluctuate in passages of music filled with transient attacks (and the final average bitrate may be much higher than the nominal). Therefore, you should try a small value to start off (say '''-5''') and see if you get acceptable quality. If not, tweak it lower.

=== Reducing noise due to microattacks ===
''This is only valid for some Vorbis encoders that are marked as having '''''impulse_trigger_profile'''.

There are certain parts of some types of music, called “microattacks”, where Vorbis will produce a noise (sort of like a puff of steam), which is due to inaccuracies in the block-switching algorithm ''(which can't be corrected)''. Due to the fact the attacks are so fine and close together, Vorbis doesn't switch to impulse short blocks enough, thus “smearing” the reproduction.

By default (with no additional switches), Vorbis selects a different profile for block switching (lower means less switching, higher means more switching) and the default values are shown in the table below:

{| border="0" style="margin-left: 150px; color:green; border:1px dotted green; text-align:center;" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! Quality !! Profile !!   !! Quality !! Profile
|-
| -1 || 0 || || 5 || 2.5
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| 0 || 1 || || 6 || 2.7
|-
| 1 || 1 || || 7 || 3
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| 2 || 1.5 || || 8 || 3.7
|-
| 3 || 2 || || 9 || 4
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| 4 || 2 || || 10 || 4
|}

If you encounter this problem on microattacks, you may try the impulse_trigger_profile advanced encode switch, which will change (increase) the profile to your desired value.

'''oggenc -q n --advanced-encode-option impulse_trigger_profile='''r''' inputfile.wav'''
:''where'' '''r''' ''is a number from 0 to 4, fractions accepted.''

'''Notes:'''
* There is the possibility that relaxed block switching (higher profiles) may cause other quality problems and create suboptimal Vorbis files. Please use it sparingly and with caution. If in doubt, leave impulse_trigger_profile on default ''(that is, don't use it at all)''
* Setting the profile too high will make Vorbis switch to impulse short blocks more often, which will lead to higher bitrate fluctuations. Please be conservative about how you intend to use it.
* This setting has no effect on reducing the level of pre-echo. It can be said to only reduce the ''likelihood'' of [[Pre echo|pre echo]], but the amount of pre-echo is tuned using the '''impulse_noisetune''' switch instead.
* You may try profiles 5 and 6 as substitutes for 3 and 4. Both Profiles 5 and 6, came from 3 and 4 in GT3b2.

You can use both impulse_noisetune and impulse_trigger_profile at the same time, but you will need separate switches, e.g.

oggenc -q n --advanced-encode-option impulse_noisetune=p
--advanced-encode-option impulse_trigger_profile=r inputfile.wav

[[Category:Guides]]

Recommended Ogg Vorbis

2007-06-22T18:02:00Z

Pepoluan: /* Windows binaries */ Now points to the latest file. Also some slight changes -- see diff.

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[[Vorbis]], being a continuously developed standard, improves all the time. Plus, being an open (i.e. patent-free) standard, it has many 'third-parties' that contribute, discuss, and work to improve the project.

Here you can find some guidelines on which utilities to use, and what settings will provide you with the best quality.

= History =
(For a highly detailed description of Vorbis history, check out OggZealot's [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=15274&view=findpost&p=153268 Ogg Vorbis Historic] where Monty also adds a few more details too).

(Ogg) Vorbis reached version 1.0 in '''July 2002'''. It is the official [http://www.xiph.org/ Xiph.org] encoder ''(the one you get from vorbis.com)''. HA codec developer, Garf, did his own tunings, based on version 1.0 to produce GT3b1 and GT3b2. Both encoders showed improved [[pre echo]] handling for ''q'' values of ''5 to 10''. It was later judged in an internal listening test that GT3b1 was the better of the two. There was a minor bugfix update earlier that year in March, which only appeared in the CVS at Xiph.org. This consisted of very minor bug fixes, which do more to correct odd problems that may occur rather than improving quality, including ''(garbled noise output and gaps in streams)''. This was referred to as Post 1.0 CVS. Quality problems that mainly affected low bitrates were later addressed in a new bugfix ''(1.0.1)'' that was released.

Post 1.0.1 CVS was released late '''December 2003''' by Monty at Xiph, and includes a true [[CBR]] template. In order to simplify the situation where we had two encoders ''(1.0.1 and GT3b1)'', OggDropXPd developer John33 merged the sources to give us GT3b2. Once the 128 kbps multiformat test was completed, Aoyumi's [[aoTuV]] Vorbis tuning was determined to be the best Vorbis encoder. After the success of aoTuV beta 2 encoder, Xiph.Org merged their tunings into the official CVS branch to produce the long-awaited Vorbis 1.1. Aoyumi's later release of '''aoTuV beta 4''' encoder as of '''November 2005''' significantly improves Vorbis' quality while increasing the compression ratio slightly.

Later on, Aoyumi released '''aoTuV beta 4.5''' (later bugfixed with '''aoTuV beta 4.51''') in '''December 2005''', which improves low bit-rate quality even more. After extensive testing by Hydrogenaudio enthusiasts, aoTuV beta 4.51 is re-branded to '''aoTuV Release 1''', and it became the '''''then''''' recommended encoder of Hydrogenaudio. Aoyumi keeps tuning aoTuV. The newest aoTuV encoder is aoTuV Beta 5. '''Peer-review by Hydrogenaudio enthusiasts finally decided on June 2007 that aoTuV Beta 5 is now the recommended Vorbis encoder of HydrogenAudio.'''

Near the end of 2005, after aoTuV beta 4.51 was released, Xiph.org released '''Vorbis 1.1.2'''. Unfortunatly it only provides bugfixes to Vorbis 1.1.1. Although this is the 'official' version, it is '''not recommended''' by HA. If you are not interested in the latest “bleeding edge” improvements, you are welcome to use the latest release from Xiph.org '''Vorbis 1.1.2''' library.

''Note: Xiph.org does not maintain the binaries, but rather provides newest updates and releases to libogg and libvorbis, etc.''

= Recommended Vorbis Encoders =
''(adapted from [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=15049 Recommended Encoder and Settings] post compiled by QuantumKnot)''

== Windows binaries ==
John33's oggenc2.8 is a special version of the (Ogg) Vorbis encoder. “Features include compression from lossless files (Monkeys Audio, LPAC, FLAC, OptimFROG, WavPack and Shorten – requires presence of decoders), and the ability to specify 'padding' in the headers for subsequent insertion of Tags” (from Ogg Vorbis page at rarewares).

* '''[http://www.rarewares.org/files/ogg/oggenc2.83-aoTuVb5.zip oggenc2.83 aoTuV Beta 5]'''

 If you prefer a nice drag-and-drop interface, then you can try John33's OggDropXPd (Windows only). “Features include compression from lossless files ([[Monkey's Audio]], [[LPAC]], [[FLAC]] and [[OptimFROG]]), auto-tagging, renaming of encoded files, setting of advanced encoder parameters, use of VorbisGain tags on decode, Playlist (.m3u) creation, and others” (from Ogg Vorbis page at rarewares).

* '''[http://www.rarewares.org/files/ogg/oggdropXPdV1.8.9-aoTuVb5.zip OggDropXPd v1.8.9 aoTuV Beta 5]'''

 '''Note:''' If the above links do not work, then it is most likely caused by a new version of John33's utilities. In that case, go directly to [http://www.rarewares.org/ogg.php the Ogg Vorbis page at rarewares].

''(OggDropXPd QuickStart guide is [[OggDropXPd|here]])''

== Mac OS/X binaries ==
* '''[http://www.rarewares.org/files/ogg/vorbis_tools_1.1.1_aoTuVb4.51.zip Vorbis Tools (oggenc, oggdec, etc.) version 1.1.1 and libogg 1.1.2]''' using aoTuVb4.51 for MacOS X.
: These tools were compiled by krmathis for OS/X.

''Note: libogg 1.1.2 is used, however this has very little effect on the output of files produced.''

== Linux binaries ==
* '''[http://www.rarewares.org/quantumknot/oggenc-aotuv451.gz oggenc aoTuV beta 4.51 and libogg 1.1.3 (Static GCC 4 compile)]''' '''with impulse_trigger_profile'''
: This static GCC 4 binary was compiled by QuantumKnot.

* '''[http://artfwo.googlepages.com/oggenc-aotuvb5.bz2 oggenc aoTuV beta 5 with libogg 1.1.3 and FLAC read support (Static GCC 4 compile)]'''
: This static GCC 4 binary was compiled by artfwo.

''Note: There is no Linux Oggenc2.x that has been compiled with Lancer Optimizations as of yet (third-parties with a access to a unix environment are encouraged to try and compile one themselves if they have access to the sources, see below.)''

== 3rd party source code ==
These are other (Ogg) Vorbis encoders that were tuned by 3rd party developers (outside of Xiph.Org).

* '''[http://www.geocities.jp/aoyoume/aotuv/ aoTuV (Aoyumi's Tuned Vorbis)]''' – contains modified source code written in C and downloads of binaries.

: ''The source-code contains modifications mostly to the psychoacoustics model and bitrate allocation, i.e [http://trac.xiph.org/browser/trunk/vorbis/lib/psy.c#L287 psy.c] (aotuv_hf_ weighting, Line 287)''

: '''aoTuV Release 1 – The recommended encoder'''

:: This version (re-branded from beta 4.51) is an improvement over aoTuV beta 4, which although based on libvorbis 1.1.1, gives a better quality at low to medium bitrates. Since beta 4, aoTuV includes a -q -2 option for the lowest bitrate. According to guruboolez' latest listening test on classical music, aoTuV beta 4 performed magnificently well at -q 6!! ''(see Aoyumi's website above for more information)''

:: Many Hydrogenaudio enthusiasts report that Release 1 gives even better quality for low bit-rates. -q 1.5 works for streaming, even good enough.

: '''aoTuV Beta 5 – The latest encoder'''

:: This version is the latest tuning. It improves further on low-bitrate encoding, without sacrificing compression. '''It is currently undergoing a peer-review process at Hydrogenaudio.'''

: See [[Compiling aoTuV]] for information on how to compile it for Linux.

== Optimized binaries ==
These are highly optimized encoders developed by the '''[http://homepage3.nifty.com/blacksword/index_e.htm Ogg Vorbis Acceleration Project]''' codenamed [[Lancer]]. They are much faster than the standard binary builds having negligible to nearly no effects on audio quality. These include sped-up routines, i.e ''mdct.c''

'''''These optimized encoders are rapidly changing currently, as BlackSword finds new ways to accelerate, and in the process uncovers new bugs. Please check the “Lancer homepage” link below for the latest suite.'''''

On '''[http://homepage3.nifty.com/blacksword/index.htm Lancer homepage]''' you can find the latest versions of Oggenc, [[OggDropXPd]], and Dynamic Link Libraries, with optimizations for SSE, SSE2, SSE3 and multi-threading instruction sets.

''Note: Output of Lancer may be slightly different from output of 'standard' aoTuV. This is due to the difference of floating-point rounding: Lancer uses 64-bit SSE instructions, in contrast to the standard aoTuV use of 80-bit FP instructions. The output difference between both binaries should not be audible at all. In fact, tests have proven that playback of Lancer's output is indistinguishable from playback of standard aoTuV output.''

= Released Binaries =
How do I know which encoder was used to make this particular (Ogg) Vorbis file?

Using either the ''ogginfo'' program or file info in your player, you can tell from the vendor tag:

If you aren't interested in the latest compiles feel free to use Vorbis 1.1.2 libraries.

{| border="0" style="margin-left:2px; border:1px dotted;" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0"
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! Vendor Tag !! Encoder !! Note
|-
| Xiphophorus libVorbis I 20000508
| '''1.0 Beta 1 or Beta 2 '''
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| Xiphophorus libVorbis I 20001031
| '''1.0 Beta 3 
|
|-
| Xiphophorus libVorbis I 20010225
| '''1.0 Beta 4 
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| Xiphophorus libVorbis I 20010615
| '''1.0 RC1 
|
|-
| Xiphophorus libVorbis I 20010813
| '''1.0 RC2 
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| Xiphophorus libVorbis I 20010816 (gtune 1)
| '''1.0 RC2 GT1 
|
|-
| Xiphophorus libVorbis I 20011014 (GTune 2)
| '''1.0 RC2 GT2 
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| Xiphophorus libVorbis I 20011217
| '''1.0 RC3 
|
|-
| Xiphophorus libVorbis I 20011231
| '''1.0 RC3 
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| Xiph.Org libVorbis I 20020717
| '''1.0 
|
|-
| Xiph.Org/Sjeng.Org libVorbis I 20020717 (GTune 3, beta 1)
| '''GT3b1 
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| Xiph.Org libVorbis I 20030308
| '''Post 1.0 CVS 
|
|-
| Xiph.Org libVorbis I 20030909
| '''1.0.1 
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| Xiph.Org/Sjeng.Org libVorbis I 20030909 (GTune 3, beta 2) EXPERIMENTAL
| '''Experimental GT3b2 
|
|-
| Xiph.Org libVorbis I 20031230 (1.0.1)
| '''Post 1.0.1 CVS 
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| Xiph.Org/Sjeng.Org libVorbis I 20031230 (GTune 3, beta 2)
| '''GT3b2 
|
|-
| AO; aoTuV b2 [20040420] (based on Xiph.Org's 1.0.1)
| '''aoTuV Beta 2 
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| Xiph.Org libVorbis I 20040629
| '''Xiph.Org Vorbis 1.1 or Xiph.Org Vorbis 1.1 RC1 
|
|-
| Xiph.Org libVorbis I 20040920
| '''Xiph.Org Vorbis 1.1 with impulse_trigger_profile 
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| AO; aoTuV b3 [20041120] (based on Xiph.Org's libVorbis)
| ''' aoTuV Beta 3 
|
|-
| Xiph.Org libVorbis I 20050304
| ''' Xiph.Org Vorbis 1.1.1 or Xiph.Org Vorbis 1.1.2 
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| AO; aoTuV b4 [20050617] (based on Xiph.Org's libVorbis)
| '''aoTuV Beta 4 
|
|-
| BS; Lancer [20050709] (based on aoTuV b4 [20050617])
| '''Lancer based on aoTuV Beta 4
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| AO; aoTuV b4a [20051105] (based on Xiph.Org's libVorbis)
| '''aoTuV Beta 4.5 
|
|-
| AO; aoTuV b4b [20051117] (based on Xiph.Org's libVorbis)
| '''aoTuV Beta 4.51 
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| BS; Lancer [20051121] (based on aoTuV b4b [20051117])
| '''Lancer based on aoTuV Beta 4.51
|
|-
| AO; aoTuV pre-beta5 [20060321] (based on Xiph.Org's libVorbis)
| '''aoTuV Beta 5
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| BS; Lancer(''xxx'') [''yyyymmdd''] (based on aoTuV b4b [20051117])
| '''Processor-specific Lancer based on aoTuV Beta 4.51
| (1)
|-
| BS; Lancer(''xxx'') [''yyyymmdd''] (based on aoTuV Release 1 [20051117])
| '''Processor-specific Lancer based on aoTuV Release 1
| (1)
|}

<div style="margin-left:10px;">
(1)'' Starting 2006-05-06, BlackSword provides accelerated versions for different processors. See the [[Lancer]] page for more information. ''
</div>

= Recommended Encoder Settings =
'''Refer to the table below. For best results, start at -q 2 and''' [[ABX]] '''your way up.''' 
''Ultimately, the best -q setting will depend on your specific needs. Feel free to experiment.''

'''General Command Line Usage:'''

'''oggenc -q n inputfile.wav '''

:''where'' '''n''' ''is a number from -1 to 10, fractions accepted (using comma or period, depending on where the tool is compiled)'' e.g. '''oggenc -q 5 inputfile.wav '''

'''Notes:'''
* Most standard oggenc binaries can input lossless FLAC, WavPack, etc files as well (depending upon oggenc version)
* ''oggenc2.7'' and later are the only versions of oggenc that conform to the '''WAVEFORMATEXTENSIBLE''' header for outputing and decoding multi-channel Vorbis files (3 to 6 channels) in compliance with the Vorbis I decoding specification. Encoding multichannel content might still produce sub-optimal files, if lossless channel coupling is not used i.e ''(=> -q 6 and up)'', due to modifications that need to be performed in libvorbis for proper channel coupling. Encoding assumes source material is CD audio content or PCM equivalent. ''
* The current oggenc and libvorbis API don't support the capabilities of full “bitrate peeling” yet. Experimental peelers exist, but only for testings purposes. ''i.e (Vinjey Systems)''. If you are a developer and are interested in re-writing the encoder to support peeling (retraining some VQ books, etc), there is $250.00 bounty for implementing it into libvorbis [https://launchpad.net/bounties/ogg-vorbis-bitrate-peeling peeling bounty].

{| border="0" style="margin-left:50px; border:1px dotted; text-align:center;" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! Switch !! VBR target (kbit/s) !! VBR range (kbit/s) !! [[Channel coupling|Channel Coupling]] !! [[Noise normalization|Noise Normalization]] !! Note
|-
| -q -2 || ~32 || ~32 – ~64 || point/lossless || yes || (1)
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| -q -1 || ~48 || ~48 – ~64 || point/lossless || yes || (2)
|-
| -q 0 || ~64 || ~64–~80 || point/lossless || yes ||
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| -q 1 || ~80 || ~80 – ~96 || point/lossless || yes || (3)
|-
| -q 2 || ~96 || ~96 – ~112 || point/lossless || yes ||
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| -q 3 || ~112 || ~112 – ~128 || point/lossless || yes ||
|-
| -q 4 || ~128 || ~128 – ~160 || point/lossless || no ||
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| -q 5 || ~160 || ~160 – ~192 || point/lossless || no || (4)
|-
| -q 6 || ~192 || ~192 – ~224 || lossless || no ||
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| -q 7 || ~224 || ~224 – ~256 || lossless || no ||
|-
| -q 8 || ~256 || ~256 – ~320 || lossless || no ||
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| -q 9 || ~320 || ~320 – ~500 || lossless || no ||
|-
| -q 10 || ~500 || ~500 – ~1000 || lossless || no ||
|}

<div style="margin-left:30px;">
(1)'' Only supported on aoTuVb3 and newer '' 
(2)'' Bitrate of 48 kbit/s is only for aoTuVb3 and newer. Earlier versions and Xiph.org versions use a bitrate of 45 kbit/s '' 
(3)'' Reports seem to indicate that aoTuV Release 1 -q 1 provides good quality for streaming '' 
(4)'' Most users agree -q 5 achieves transparency, if the source is the original or [[lossless]]. It is not transparent in the case of [[transcoding]] from lossy source '''(strongly frowned upon)'''''

If you need to know what '''lowpass settings''' are used for each quality level, see [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=15049&st=160&p=357461&#entry357461 this HA thread]. ''(It is not recommended that you adjust these)''
</div>

= Advanced Encoder Settings =
=== Reducing Pre-echo ===
''This is applicable to Vorbis 1.1; it may or may not be applicable to aoTuV releases.''

Generally, using the recommended settings above will give the best quality. There may be cases where Vorbis 1.1 will fail to reproduce sharp attacks or transients in your music, causing [[pre echo]]. In which case, you can use the '''impulse_noisetune''' advanced encode switch:

'''General Command Line Usage:'''
'''oggenc -q '''n''' --advanced-encode-option impulse_noisetune=p inputfile.wav'''
:'''where ''p'' is a number from 0 to -15'''
:e.g. '''oggenc -q '''5''' --advanced-encode-option impulse_noisetune=-5 inputfile.wav'''

Note that the lower the number (toward -15) for impulse_noisetune, the higher the bitrate will fluctuate in passages of music filled with transient attacks (and the final average bitrate may be much higher than the nominal). Therefore, you should try a small value to start off (say '''-5''') and see if you get acceptable quality. If not, tweak it lower.

=== Reducing noise due to microattacks ===
''This is only valid for some Vorbis encoders that are marked as having '''''impulse_trigger_profile'''.

There are certain parts of some types of music, called “microattacks”, where Vorbis will produce a noise (sort of like a puff of steam), which is due to inaccuracies in the block-switching algorithm ''(which can't be corrected)''. Due to the fact the attacks are so fine and close together, Vorbis doesn't switch to impulse short blocks enough, thus “smearing” the reproduction.

By default (with no additional switches), Vorbis selects a different profile for block switching (lower means less switching, higher means more switching) and the default values are shown in the table below:

{| border="0" style="margin-left: 150px; color:green; border:1px dotted green; text-align:center;" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! Quality !! Profile !!   !! Quality !! Profile
|-
| -1 || 0 || || 5 || 2.5
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| 0 || 1 || || 6 || 2.7
|-
| 1 || 1 || || 7 || 3
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| 2 || 1.5 || || 8 || 3.7
|-
| 3 || 2 || || 9 || 4
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| 4 || 2 || || 10 || 4
|}

If you encounter this problem on microattacks, you may try the impulse_trigger_profile advanced encode switch, which will change (increase) the profile to your desired value.

'''oggenc -q n --advanced-encode-option impulse_trigger_profile='''r''' inputfile.wav'''
:''where'' '''r''' ''is a number from 0 to 4, fractions accepted.''

'''Notes:'''
* There is the possibility that relaxed block switching (higher profiles) may cause other quality problems and create suboptimal Vorbis files. Please use it sparingly and with caution. If in doubt, leave impulse_trigger_profile on default ''(that is, don't use it at all)''
* Setting the profile too high will make Vorbis switch to impulse short blocks more often, which will lead to higher bitrate fluctuations. Please be conservative about how you intend to use it.
* This setting has no effect on reducing the level of pre-echo. It can be said to only reduce the ''likelihood'' of [[Pre echo|pre echo]], but the amount of pre-echo is tuned using the '''impulse_noisetune''' switch instead.
* You may try profiles 5 and 6 as substitutes for 3 and 4. Both Profiles 5 and 6, came from 3 and 4 in GT3b2.

You can use both impulse_noisetune and impulse_trigger_profile at the same time, but you will need separate switches, e.g.

oggenc -q n --advanced-encode-option impulse_noisetune=p
--advanced-encode-option impulse_trigger_profile=r inputfile.wav

[[Category:Guides]]

Recommended Ogg Vorbis

2007-06-22T12:41:00Z

Pepoluan: /* History */ aoTuV b5 is now the recommended encoder

[[Image:fish_logo.png|right|]]
[[Vorbis]], being a continuously developed standard, improves all the time. Plus, being an open (i.e. patent-free) standard, it has many 'third-parties' that contribute, discuss, and work to improve the project.

Here you can find some guidelines on which utilities to use, and what settings will provide you with the best quality.

= History =
(For a highly detailed description of Vorbis history, check out OggZealot's [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=15274&view=findpost&p=153268 Ogg Vorbis Historic] where Monty also adds a few more details too).

(Ogg) Vorbis reached version 1.0 in '''July 2002'''. It is the official [http://www.xiph.org/ Xiph.org] encoder ''(the one you get from vorbis.com)''. HA codec developer, Garf, did his own tunings, based on version 1.0 to produce GT3b1 and GT3b2. Both encoders showed improved [[pre echo]] handling for ''q'' values of ''5 to 10''. It was later judged in an internal listening test that GT3b1 was the better of the two. There was a minor bugfix update earlier that year in March, which only appeared in the CVS at Xiph.org. This consisted of very minor bug fixes, which do more to correct odd problems that may occur rather than improving quality, including ''(garbled noise output and gaps in streams)''. This was referred to as Post 1.0 CVS. Quality problems that mainly affected low bitrates were later addressed in a new bugfix ''(1.0.1)'' that was released.

Post 1.0.1 CVS was released late '''December 2003''' by Monty at Xiph, and includes a true [[CBR]] template. In order to simplify the situation where we had two encoders ''(1.0.1 and GT3b1)'', OggDropXPd developer John33 merged the sources to give us GT3b2. Once the 128 kbps multiformat test was completed, Aoyumi's [[aoTuV]] Vorbis tuning was determined to be the best Vorbis encoder. After the success of aoTuV beta 2 encoder, Xiph.Org merged their tunings into the official CVS branch to produce the long-awaited Vorbis 1.1. Aoyumi's later release of '''aoTuV beta 4''' encoder as of '''November 2005''' significantly improves Vorbis' quality while increasing the compression ratio slightly.

Later on, Aoyumi released '''aoTuV beta 4.5''' (later bugfixed with '''aoTuV beta 4.51''') in '''December 2005''', which improves low bit-rate quality even more. After extensive testing by Hydrogenaudio enthusiasts, aoTuV beta 4.51 is re-branded to '''aoTuV Release 1''', and it became the '''''then''''' recommended encoder of Hydrogenaudio. Aoyumi keeps tuning aoTuV. The newest aoTuV encoder is aoTuV Beta 5. '''Peer-review by Hydrogenaudio enthusiasts finally decided on June 2007 that aoTuV Beta 5 is now the recommended Vorbis encoder of HydrogenAudio.'''

Near the end of 2005, after aoTuV beta 4.51 was released, Xiph.org released '''Vorbis 1.1.2'''. Unfortunatly it only provides bugfixes to Vorbis 1.1.1. Although this is the 'official' version, it is '''not recommended''' by HA. If you are not interested in the latest “bleeding edge” improvements, you are welcome to use the latest release from Xiph.org '''Vorbis 1.1.2''' library.

''Note: Xiph.org does not maintain the binaries, but rather provides newest updates and releases to libogg and libvorbis, etc.''

= Recommended Vorbis Encoders =
''(adapted from [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=15049 Recommended Encoder and Settings] post compiled by QuantumKnot)''

== Windows binaries ==
John33's oggenc2.8 is a special version of the (Ogg) Vorbis encoder. “Features include compression from lossless files (Monkeys Audio, LPAC, FLAC, OptimFROG, WavPack and Shorten – requires presence of decoders), and the ability to specify 'padding' in the headers for subsequent insertion of Tags” (from Ogg Vorbis page at rarewares).

* '''[http://www.rarewares.org/files/ogg/oggenc2.83-aoTuVr1generic.zip oggenc2.83 aoTuV Release 1 (MSVC compile)]'''
* '''[http://www.rarewares.org/files/ogg/oggenc2.83-aoTuVr1P3.zip oggenc2.83 aoTuV Release 1 (ICL compile for P3/AMD Athlon)]'''
* '''[http://www.rarewares.org/files/ogg/oggenc2.83-aoTuVr1P4.zip oggenc2.83 aoTuV Release 1 (ICL compile for P4/AMD Sempron, Athlon 64))]'''

If you prefer a nice drag-and-drop interface, then you can try John33's OggDropXPd (Windows only). “Features include compression from lossless files ([[Monkey's Audio]], [[LPAC]], [[FLAC]] and [[OptimFROG]]), auto-tagging, renaming of encoded files, setting of advanced encoder parameters, use of VorbisGain tags on decode, Playlist (.m3u) creation, and others” (from Ogg Vorbis page at rarewares).

* '''[http://www.rarewares.org/dancer/dancer.php?f=100 OggDropXPd v1.8.9 aoTuV Release 1 (MSVC compile)]'''
* '''[http://www.rarewares.org/dancer/dancer.php?f=101 OggDropXPd v1.8.9 aoTuV Release 1 (ICL compile for P3/AMD Athlon)]'''
* '''[http://www.rarewares.org/dancer/dancer.php?f=102 OggDropXPd v1.8.9 aoTuV Release 1 (ICL compile for P4/AMD Sempron, Athlon 64)]'''

'''Note:''' If the above links do not work, then it is most likely caused by a new version of John33's utilities. In that case, go directly to [http://www.rarewares.org/ogg.html the Ogg Vorbis page at rarewares].

''(OggDropXPd guide is [[OggDropXPd|here]])''

== Mac OS/X binaries ==
* '''[http://www.rarewares.org/files/ogg/vorbis_tools_1.1.1_aoTuVb4.51.zip Vorbis Tools (oggenc, oggdec, etc.) version 1.1.1 and libogg 1.1.2]''' using aoTuVb4.51 for MacOS X.
: These tools were compiled by krmathis for OS/X.

''Note: libogg 1.1.2 is used, however this has very little effect on the output of files produced.''

== Linux binaries ==
* '''[http://www.rarewares.org/quantumknot/oggenc-aotuv451.gz oggenc aoTuV beta 4.51 and libogg 1.1.3 (Static GCC 4 compile)]''' '''with impulse_trigger_profile'''
: This static GCC 4 binary was compiled by QuantumKnot.

* '''[http://artfwo.googlepages.com/oggenc-aotuvb5.bz2 oggenc aoTuV beta 5 with libogg 1.1.3 and FLAC read support (Static GCC 4 compile)]'''
: This static GCC 4 binary was compiled by artfwo.

''Note: There is no Linux Oggenc2.x that has been compiled with Lancer Optimizations as of yet (third-parties with a access to a unix environment are encouraged to try and compile one themselves if they have access to the sources, see below.)''

== 3rd party source code ==
These are other (Ogg) Vorbis encoders that were tuned by 3rd party developers (outside of Xiph.Org).

* '''[http://www.geocities.jp/aoyoume/aotuv/ aoTuV (Aoyumi's Tuned Vorbis)]''' – contains modified source code written in C and downloads of binaries.

: ''The source-code contains modifications mostly to the psychoacoustics model and bitrate allocation, i.e [http://trac.xiph.org/browser/trunk/vorbis/lib/psy.c#L287 psy.c] (aotuv_hf_ weighting, Line 287)''

: '''aoTuV Release 1 – The recommended encoder'''

:: This version (re-branded from beta 4.51) is an improvement over aoTuV beta 4, which although based on libvorbis 1.1.1, gives a better quality at low to medium bitrates. Since beta 4, aoTuV includes a -q -2 option for the lowest bitrate. According to guruboolez' latest listening test on classical music, aoTuV beta 4 performed magnificently well at -q 6!! ''(see Aoyumi's website above for more information)''

:: Many Hydrogenaudio enthusiasts report that Release 1 gives even better quality for low bit-rates. -q 1.5 works for streaming, even good enough.

: '''aoTuV Beta 5 – The latest encoder'''

:: This version is the latest tuning. It improves further on low-bitrate encoding, without sacrificing compression. '''It is currently undergoing a peer-review process at Hydrogenaudio.'''

: See [[Compiling aoTuV]] for information on how to compile it for Linux.

== Optimized binaries ==
These are highly optimized encoders developed by the '''[http://homepage3.nifty.com/blacksword/index_e.htm Ogg Vorbis Acceleration Project]''' codenamed [[Lancer]]. They are much faster than the standard binary builds having negligible to nearly no effects on audio quality. These include sped-up routines, i.e ''mdct.c''

'''''These optimized encoders are rapidly changing currently, as BlackSword finds new ways to accelerate, and in the process uncovers new bugs. Please check the “Lancer homepage” link below for the latest suite.'''''

On '''[http://homepage3.nifty.com/blacksword/index.htm Lancer homepage]''' you can find the latest versions of Oggenc, [[OggDropXPd]], and Dynamic Link Libraries, with optimizations for SSE, SSE2, SSE3 and multi-threading instruction sets.

''Note: Output of Lancer may be slightly different from output of 'standard' aoTuV. This is due to the difference of floating-point rounding: Lancer uses 64-bit SSE instructions, in contrast to the standard aoTuV use of 80-bit FP instructions. The output difference between both binaries should not be audible at all. In fact, tests have proven that playback of Lancer's output is indistinguishable from playback of standard aoTuV output.''

= Released Binaries =
How do I know which encoder was used to make this particular (Ogg) Vorbis file?

Using either the ''ogginfo'' program or file info in your player, you can tell from the vendor tag:

If you aren't interested in the latest compiles feel free to use Vorbis 1.1.2 libraries.

{| border="0" style="margin-left:2px; border:1px dotted;" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0"
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! Vendor Tag !! Encoder !! Note
|-
| Xiphophorus libVorbis I 20000508
| '''1.0 Beta 1 or Beta 2 '''
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| Xiphophorus libVorbis I 20001031
| '''1.0 Beta 3 
|
|-
| Xiphophorus libVorbis I 20010225
| '''1.0 Beta 4 
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| Xiphophorus libVorbis I 20010615
| '''1.0 RC1 
|
|-
| Xiphophorus libVorbis I 20010813
| '''1.0 RC2 
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| Xiphophorus libVorbis I 20010816 (gtune 1)
| '''1.0 RC2 GT1 
|
|-
| Xiphophorus libVorbis I 20011014 (GTune 2)
| '''1.0 RC2 GT2 
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| Xiphophorus libVorbis I 20011217
| '''1.0 RC3 
|
|-
| Xiphophorus libVorbis I 20011231
| '''1.0 RC3 
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| Xiph.Org libVorbis I 20020717
| '''1.0 
|
|-
| Xiph.Org/Sjeng.Org libVorbis I 20020717 (GTune 3, beta 1)
| '''GT3b1 
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| Xiph.Org libVorbis I 20030308
| '''Post 1.0 CVS 
|
|-
| Xiph.Org libVorbis I 20030909
| '''1.0.1 
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| Xiph.Org/Sjeng.Org libVorbis I 20030909 (GTune 3, beta 2) EXPERIMENTAL
| '''Experimental GT3b2 
|
|-
| Xiph.Org libVorbis I 20031230 (1.0.1)
| '''Post 1.0.1 CVS 
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| Xiph.Org/Sjeng.Org libVorbis I 20031230 (GTune 3, beta 2)
| '''GT3b2 
|
|-
| AO; aoTuV b2 [20040420] (based on Xiph.Org's 1.0.1)
| '''aoTuV Beta 2 
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| Xiph.Org libVorbis I 20040629
| '''Xiph.Org Vorbis 1.1 or Xiph.Org Vorbis 1.1 RC1 
|
|-
| Xiph.Org libVorbis I 20040920
| '''Xiph.Org Vorbis 1.1 with impulse_trigger_profile 
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| AO; aoTuV b3 [20041120] (based on Xiph.Org's libVorbis)
| ''' aoTuV Beta 3 
|
|-
| Xiph.Org libVorbis I 20050304
| ''' Xiph.Org Vorbis 1.1.1 or Xiph.Org Vorbis 1.1.2 
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| AO; aoTuV b4 [20050617] (based on Xiph.Org's libVorbis)
| '''aoTuV Beta 4 
|
|-
| BS; Lancer [20050709] (based on aoTuV b4 [20050617])
| '''Lancer based on aoTuV Beta 4
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| AO; aoTuV b4a [20051105] (based on Xiph.Org's libVorbis)
| '''aoTuV Beta 4.5 
|
|-
| AO; aoTuV b4b [20051117] (based on Xiph.Org's libVorbis)
| '''aoTuV Beta 4.51 
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| BS; Lancer [20051121] (based on aoTuV b4b [20051117])
| '''Lancer based on aoTuV Beta 4.51
|
|-
| AO; aoTuV pre-beta5 [20060321] (based on Xiph.Org's libVorbis)
| '''aoTuV Beta 5
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| BS; Lancer(''xxx'') [''yyyymmdd''] (based on aoTuV b4b [20051117])
| '''Processor-specific Lancer based on aoTuV Beta 4.51
| (1)
|-
| BS; Lancer(''xxx'') [''yyyymmdd''] (based on aoTuV Release 1 [20051117])
| '''Processor-specific Lancer based on aoTuV Release 1
| (1)
|}

<div style="margin-left:10px;">
(1)'' Starting 2006-05-06, BlackSword provides accelerated versions for different processors. See the [[Lancer]] page for more information. ''
</div>

= Recommended Encoder Settings =
'''Refer to the table below. For best results, start at -q 2 and''' [[ABX]] '''your way up.''' 
''Ultimately, the best -q setting will depend on your specific needs. Feel free to experiment.''

'''General Command Line Usage:'''

'''oggenc -q n inputfile.wav '''

:''where'' '''n''' ''is a number from -1 to 10, fractions accepted (using comma or period, depending on where the tool is compiled)'' e.g. '''oggenc -q 5 inputfile.wav '''

'''Notes:'''
* Most standard oggenc binaries can input lossless FLAC, WavPack, etc files as well (depending upon oggenc version)
* ''oggenc2.7'' and later are the only versions of oggenc that conform to the '''WAVEFORMATEXTENSIBLE''' header for outputing and decoding multi-channel Vorbis files (3 to 6 channels) in compliance with the Vorbis I decoding specification. Encoding multichannel content might still produce sub-optimal files, if lossless channel coupling is not used i.e ''(=> -q 6 and up)'', due to modifications that need to be performed in libvorbis for proper channel coupling. Encoding assumes source material is CD audio content or PCM equivalent. ''
* The current oggenc and libvorbis API don't support the capabilities of full “bitrate peeling” yet. Experimental peelers exist, but only for testings purposes. ''i.e (Vinjey Systems)''. If you are a developer and are interested in re-writing the encoder to support peeling (retraining some VQ books, etc), there is $250.00 bounty for implementing it into libvorbis [https://launchpad.net/bounties/ogg-vorbis-bitrate-peeling peeling bounty].

{| border="0" style="margin-left:50px; border:1px dotted; text-align:center;" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! Switch !! VBR target (kbit/s) !! VBR range (kbit/s) !! [[Channel coupling|Channel Coupling]] !! [[Noise normalization|Noise Normalization]] !! Note
|-
| -q -2 || ~32 || ~32 – ~64 || point/lossless || yes || (1)
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| -q -1 || ~48 || ~48 – ~64 || point/lossless || yes || (2)
|-
| -q 0 || ~64 || ~64–~80 || point/lossless || yes ||
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| -q 1 || ~80 || ~80 – ~96 || point/lossless || yes || (3)
|-
| -q 2 || ~96 || ~96 – ~112 || point/lossless || yes ||
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| -q 3 || ~112 || ~112 – ~128 || point/lossless || yes ||
|-
| -q 4 || ~128 || ~128 – ~160 || point/lossless || no ||
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| -q 5 || ~160 || ~160 – ~192 || point/lossless || no || (4)
|-
| -q 6 || ~192 || ~192 – ~224 || lossless || no ||
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| -q 7 || ~224 || ~224 – ~256 || lossless || no ||
|-
| -q 8 || ~256 || ~256 – ~320 || lossless || no ||
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| -q 9 || ~320 || ~320 – ~500 || lossless || no ||
|-
| -q 10 || ~500 || ~500 – ~1000 || lossless || no ||
|}

<div style="margin-left:30px;">
(1)'' Only supported on aoTuVb3 and newer '' 
(2)'' Bitrate of 48 kbit/s is only for aoTuVb3 and newer. Earlier versions and Xiph.org versions use a bitrate of 45 kbit/s '' 
(3)'' Reports seem to indicate that aoTuV Release 1 -q 1 provides good quality for streaming '' 
(4)'' Most users agree -q 5 achieves transparency, if the source is the original or [[lossless]]. It is not transparent in the case of [[transcoding]] from lossy source '''(strongly frowned upon)'''''

If you need to know what '''lowpass settings''' are used for each quality level, see [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=15049&st=160&p=357461&#entry357461 this HA thread]. ''(It is not recommended that you adjust these)''
</div>

= Advanced Encoder Settings =
=== Reducing Pre-echo ===
''This is applicable to Vorbis 1.1; it may or may not be applicable to aoTuV releases.''

Generally, using the recommended settings above will give the best quality. There may be cases where Vorbis 1.1 will fail to reproduce sharp attacks or transients in your music, causing [[pre echo]]. In which case, you can use the '''impulse_noisetune''' advanced encode switch:

'''General Command Line Usage:'''
'''oggenc -q '''n''' --advanced-encode-option impulse_noisetune=p inputfile.wav'''
:'''where ''p'' is a number from 0 to -15'''
:e.g. '''oggenc -q '''5''' --advanced-encode-option impulse_noisetune=-5 inputfile.wav'''

Note that the lower the number (toward -15) for impulse_noisetune, the higher the bitrate will fluctuate in passages of music filled with transient attacks (and the final average bitrate may be much higher than the nominal). Therefore, you should try a small value to start off (say '''-5''') and see if you get acceptable quality. If not, tweak it lower.

=== Reducing noise due to microattacks ===
''This is only valid for some Vorbis encoders that are marked as having '''''impulse_trigger_profile'''.

There are certain parts of some types of music, called “microattacks”, where Vorbis will produce a noise (sort of like a puff of steam), which is due to inaccuracies in the block-switching algorithm ''(which can't be corrected)''. Due to the fact the attacks are so fine and close together, Vorbis doesn't switch to impulse short blocks enough, thus “smearing” the reproduction.

By default (with no additional switches), Vorbis selects a different profile for block switching (lower means less switching, higher means more switching) and the default values are shown in the table below:

{| border="0" style="margin-left: 150px; color:green; border:1px dotted green; text-align:center;" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! Quality !! Profile !!   !! Quality !! Profile
|-
| -1 || 0 || || 5 || 2.5
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| 0 || 1 || || 6 || 2.7
|-
| 1 || 1 || || 7 || 3
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| 2 || 1.5 || || 8 || 3.7
|-
| 3 || 2 || || 9 || 4
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
| 4 || 2 || || 10 || 4
|}

If you encounter this problem on microattacks, you may try the impulse_trigger_profile advanced encode switch, which will change (increase) the profile to your desired value.

'''oggenc -q n --advanced-encode-option impulse_trigger_profile='''r''' inputfile.wav'''
:''where'' '''r''' ''is a number from 0 to 4, fractions accepted.''

'''Notes:'''
* There is the possibility that relaxed block switching (higher profiles) may cause other quality problems and create suboptimal Vorbis files. Please use it sparingly and with caution. If in doubt, leave impulse_trigger_profile on default ''(that is, don't use it at all)''
* Setting the profile too high will make Vorbis switch to impulse short blocks more often, which will lead to higher bitrate fluctuations. Please be conservative about how you intend to use it.
* This setting has no effect on reducing the level of pre-echo. It can be said to only reduce the ''likelihood'' of [[Pre echo|pre echo]], but the amount of pre-echo is tuned using the '''impulse_noisetune''' switch instead.
* You may try profiles 5 and 6 as substitutes for 3 and 4. Both Profiles 5 and 6, came from 3 and 4 in GT3b2.

You can use both impulse_noisetune and impulse_trigger_profile at the same time, but you will need separate switches, e.g.

oggenc -q n --advanced-encode-option impulse_noisetune=p
--advanced-encode-option impulse_trigger_profile=r inputfile.wav

[[Category:Guides]]

MediaMonkey

2007-06-18T17:34:05Z

Pepoluan: Some misspelling, and some reformatting

{{Software Infobox|
|name = MediaMonkey
|screenshot = [[image:Monkey_head_wiki.png|noframe|MediaMonkey Logo]]
|caption = MediaMonkey Logo
|maintainer = [http://www.ventismedia.com/ Ventis Media, Inc.]
|stable_release = [http://www.mediamonkey.com/MediaMonkey_Setup.exe 2.5.5.998]
|preview_release = [http://www.mediamonkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=15384&postorder=1 3.0.0.1034 Alpha 4]
|operating_system = Windows
|use = Music Organizer, Mass Tagger, [http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Category:Media_Players Media Player]
|license = Freeware, Proprietary
|website = [http://www.mediamonkey.com/ www.mediamonkey.com]
}}

'''MediaMonkey''' is a Windows-based media player/library, with built-in file tagger & organizer, [[Compact Disc Digital Audio|Audio CD]] ripper/burner (limited speed on free version), Data CD burner (also limited speed on free version), [[transcoding]] tool, [[Replay Gain]] tool, and lots others, all in an integrated user interface natively themed as a (skinnable) media library.

It maintains its library in a database that is compatible with '''Microsoft Access''' database format, and as such, the database entries can be changed by using Access or other compatible programs. However, it also stores most of its information into the media files' [[tags]] ([[ID3v1]], [[ID3v2]], [[Vorbis comment]], [[WMA]], [[APEv2]], and [[WAV]] tags are supported), thus ensuring usability with other media players.

MediaMonkey also provides auto-tagging/auto-renaming support, in which tag information are deduced from file's path and name (or alternatively through Amazon which support tagging/adding [[Album Art]]), or reversely, renaming (and relocating) files based on their tag or path information.

Finally, MediaMonkey also support integration with various portable DAPs, including [[Apple iPod]], [[iRiver]], and [[Creative Labs]] devices.

== Supported Formats ==
* [[Free Lossless Audio Codec]] (FLAC)
* [[Monkey's Audio]] (APE)
* [[MP3]]
* [[Musepack]] (MPC)
* (Ogg) [[Vorbis]]
* [[WAV]]
* [[Windows Media Audio]] (WMA)

Additional formats may be supported through Winamp input plugins (see below)

== Extensibility ==
MediaMonkey can support most Winamp's input, output, DSP, general, and visualization plugins.

In addition, MediaMonkey provides [http://www.mediamonkey.com/wiki/index.php/Scripting scripting interfaces], so it is scriptable (built-in support for JavaScript/VB Script) and also controllable by external applications (through Winamp Compatible Messages or OLE Automatization Server/COM+).

Finally, MediaMonkey is skinnable. Many MediaMonkey users have developed various skins for it, which you can find in the [http://www.mediamonkey.com/wiki/index.php/Skinning MediaMonkey Wiki].

== Price ==
The [http://www.mediamonkey.com/product.htm free(Standard) version], is, well, free.

[http://www.mediamonkey.com/product_gold.htm The Gold version] -- which adds, among others, automatic/periodic scan of "watched folders" -- is 29.95 USD for lifetime.

== External links ==
* [http://www.mediamonkey.com MediaMonkey homepage]
* [http://www.mediamonkey.com/forum/ MediaMonkey forums]
* [http://www.mediamonkey.com/wiki/ MediaMonkey Wiki]
* [http://mediamonkey.com/faq/ MediaMonkey FAQ]
* [http://home.scarlet.be/ruben.castelein/MediaMonkey%20Scripts.htm Ruben Castelein(Steegy) Script Collection]
* [http://trixmoto.net/mm/ Richard Lewis(t-rix-mo-to) MediaMonkey page]
* [http://webmonkey.flyinglowlander.com/ Martin Warning(FlyingLowlander) WebMonkey Page]

[[Category:Software]]
[[Category:Media Players]]

User:Pepoluan

2007-06-08T23:58:40Z

Pepoluan: Updates of my life

__NOTOC__
{{title|[[Image:Kikuchi_crop2.jpg]] '''pepoluan'''}}

[[Image:pepoluan_cafe.jpg|frame|Me in a cafe. With lots of red lamp.]]

[[Image:beagle_50x50.gif|left|frame|Original avatar; it is still being used <s>elsewhere</s> in some places in da web]]Yo!

First things first: I was born in 1977, so please work out my age yourself heh heh {{smiley|;}}

Okay, now that's behind me... um, I live inthe outskirts of Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia. I am familiar with computers since 11 y.o. (with videogames since 5 y.o. but that's a whole different story). My first computer was an Atari 800XL, then I 'graduated' to PCompatibles.

I am an Electronics Engineer specializing in Telecommunications Engineering, with special study of Data Communications / Computer Networks. I currently hold CCNA, MCSE, MCSA, and MCDBA certifications, and am pursuing CISA and CEH certifications. Naturally, with this qualification, I worked as a US [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stock_option Stock Options] trader in my own company, which I established with 3 friends of mine: an ex-bartender, a doctor, and a tax accountant. Sadly, the company is now defunct. So I revert to my previous expertise and am now a Freelance IT Consultant. Tiresome job, though the pay is quite good {{smiley|;}}

My first exposure to the world of Digital Audio is when CDs are first <s>created</s> sold in my country. Later on I got to know MP3. Never knew it's not the best compression, until I stumbled upon [http://www.xiph.org/ Xiph.org]. Then I found HydrogenAudio. And, as they say, the rest is history.

Ever since joining I had wished to contribute to the HA society, and thus I decided to dabble in this Wiki thingy {{smiley|D}} Hope my contributions are welcomed. 

==More De-Tales==

* '''I use [http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-time.html ISO8601]. You should too!!'''
* I use Dvorak keyboard. Not as fluent as QWERTY currently, but working hard on it.
* '''Not''' married. Currently. Working on it. Some glimmering lights on the horizon now {{smiley|D}}
* Musics I like: Lately Trance/Rave/Eurobeat, courtesy of my... uh, ex. Also [http://www.bryanadams.com/ Bryan Adams], [http://www.cakemusic.com/ Cake], [http://www.lpunderground.com/ Linkin Park], and [http://www.fortminor.com/ Fort Minor]. Currently getting addicted to Anime soundtracks.
* I don't really like FPS games. Or RTS games. Gimme Adventure & Simulations every time {{smiley|D}} Currently wasting an unbelievable amount of time playing [http://www.2kgames.com/civ4/home.htm Civilization IV] (BTW do you know it has one of the best soundtrack, ever?) and also Lara Croft - Angel of Darkness (yes, I consider that Adventure genre).
* I program in Pascal, Assembly, then Delphi. Sometimes do VB and VB.Net. Currently dabbling in [http://www.freepascal.org/ FreePascal] & [http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/ Lazarus], trying to make a POSIX-compliant OS wholly from Pascal {{smiley|D}}
* My knowledge of C is basic. C++ even less. Suffice to say, I disdain them.
* My Yahoo!Messenger ID is pepoluan
* <s>My MSN!Messenger ID is pepoluan@hotmail.com <-- '''''not''''' my email address.</s> ''MSN currently not available.''
* My current audio player, and tagger, and organizer... is '''[[foobar2000]]'''. But I still keep [[Winamp]] for lyrics editing
** My foobar2000 'look' can be seen [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=43077&view=findpost&p=412804 here]
** For tagging, I also use [[Download page#Windows 4|MP3Tag]] and [[Download page#Windows 4|TagScanner]]
* My encoding of choice:
** [[Lossless]]: [[OptimFrog]] and [[LA]]
** [[Lossy]]:
*** On my PC: [[Lancer]] 200608xx -q 1
*** On my iPaq 2210: [[Lancer]] 200608xx -q -0.5 (played with [[GSPlayer]])
*** On my Nokia 6230: [[AAC|CT-AAC+]] 52kbps [[Stereo]]
* <s>I have one dog. (Actually two, but the other one my brother claimed. Oh well... he can have the demon dog. Which I think is more like a fox than a dog)</s> As my family went our separate ways (i.e. Mom & Dad moved to another city, my brother & his wife moved to yet another city), one dog was, um, donated to a shelter, and the demon dog goes with my brother.
* A photo of me can be found at: [http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v298/pepoluan/f-199806_small.jpg Photobucket], and also some at [http://www.friendster.com/pepoluan Friendster].
* I do Sound Post-Processing for some bands in my country but just as a hobby. The tool I use is [[Adobe Audition]]. Currently studying [http://www.flstudio.com/ FL Studio 6 XXL] for loops.
* Manga's I like: Great Teacher Onizuka (GTO), ... and some hentai manga's...
* Anime's I like: Kyo Kara Maoh (God (?) Save Our King), Cardcaptor Sakura, Samurai 7, Paradise Kiss, Yu Yu Hakusho, Gun X Sword

{| align="center" style="border:2px solid green;" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="5"
! colspan="2" style="background:#ffcccc;" |My PGP Public Key
|-
! style="background:#ffee88;"|Key ID: 0x837BC9D9
! style="background:orange;"|Fingerprint: 36BE 22A3 185E EAC8 C798 6DFE EFAD 28A9 837B C9D9
|-
| colspan="2" | ''Complete public key removed due to ugliness. It may still be available in the [http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=User:Pepoluan&action=history history] {{smiley|;}}''
|}
{{Clr}}

''Finally'', feel free to yap at me through PM at HA Forums or [[User talk:Pepoluan|my discussion page]].

Peace!

Vorbis

2007-05-29T09:37:36Z

Pepoluan: /* Websites */ PlayOgg initiative

{{Codec Infobox
| name = Ogg Vorbis
| logo = [[Image:Fish logo.png]]
| type = lossy
| purpose = General audio compression at bitrates ~64-400kbps
| maintainer = Christopher Montgomery, Xiph Community
| recommended_encoder = aoTuV
| recommended_text = aoTuV Release 1
| website = http://www.vorbis.com/
}}
{{featured}}

=Introduction=
'''Vorbis''' (commonly used inside the [[Ogg]] container) is a fully open, non-proprietary, patent-free (subject to [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=13531 speculation]), and royalty-free, general-purpose compressed audio format for mid to high quality (8khz-48.0kHz, 16+ bit, [[multichannel]]) audio and music at fixed and variable bitrates from 16 to >256 kbps/channel. This places vorbis in the same competitive class as audio representations such as MPEG-4 ([[AAC]]), and similar to, but higher performance than [[MP3]], TwinVQ ([[VQF]]), [[WMA]] and [[PAC]]. Vorbis is the first of a planned family of Ogg multimedia coding formats being developed as part of Xiph.org's ogg multimedia project.

Informal listening test suggests Vorbis to be comparable to MPEG-4 [[AAC]] at most bitrates and [[MPC]] at 128 kbps. Transparency is generally reached at about 150-170 kbps (-q 5) (with some exceptions). The encoder is reasonably young and unoptimized, so further improvements can always be expected.

Unfortunately, Xiph.org has failed to improve Vorbis at a steady rate since its initial 1.0 release in July 2002 (due to other developement projects and time constraints). Since then development has been led by other coders such as [http://sjeng.org/vorbisgt3.html Garf] and [http://www.geocities.jp/aoyoume/aotuv/ Aoyumi]. Aoyumi's '''[[aoTuV]]''' series of encoders was incorporated into the September 2004 release of 1.1, which brought about the first quality improvements across the board for 2 years. Currently Aoyumi is working on aoTuV Beta 5 and future releases. The latest '''recommended''' version is aoTuV Release 1, which is the re-branded Beta 4.51 (released in December 2005). Unfortunately, the improvements of aoTuV Release 1 has not been incorporated yet into the 'official' Vorbis line. The latest tuning is aoTuV beta 5, which improves further on the low-bitrate quality without sacrificing compression, and it is currently undergoing peer-review at Hydrogenaudio.

Vorbis has had success with many recent video game titles employing Vorbis as opposed to MP3 (with Epic Games' Unreal Tournament 2003 and Unreal Tournament 2004, the PC port of Microsoft's Halo and Uru being notable examples). Ogg Vorbis is also an official part of the [http://www.openal.org/extensions.html OpenAL] API extension library, used in many popular [http://www.openal.org/titles.html computer games]. On April 10, 2006, [http://www.radgametools.com/ RAD Game Tools] integrated Ogg Vorbis support to their Miles Sound System (MSS), which has been used in over 3,200 games worldwide. This ensures that future games utilizing MSS will have the capability to play Ogg Vorbis files. Check out [http://wiki.xiph.org/index.php/Games_that_use_Vorbis xiph wiki] for a full list of games confirmed to use Ogg Vorbis.

'''Before encoding files using Ogg Vorbis, check out the [[Recommended Ogg Vorbis|Recommended Ogg Vorbis article]] to determine what encoder to use and what settings are recommended by Hydrogenaudio.'''

==Pros==
* Ogg Vorbis specification is in the public domain; it is free for commercial or noncommercial use, under both (LGPL and BSD licenes)
* Easy to use high-level API (Application Programming Interface)
* Good all-round performance (>48 kbps - a leading codec at [http://www.rjamorim.com/test/multiformat128/results.html 128 kbps])
* Well written [http://www.xiph.org/ogg/vorbis/docs.html specs]
* Supported by most portable [[Ogg Vorbis#Supporting Digital Audio Players|DAPs]]
* Suitable for internet-streaming (via [http://www.icecast.org/ Icecast] and other methods)
* Fully [[gapless]] playback
* High potential for further tuning
* Structured to allow the design for a hybrid filterbank

==Cons==
* Limited official development (third-party developement is always encouraged)
* Current implementations are more computationally intensive to decode than MP3
* Multichannel input mappings for 5.1, Ambisonic-B, and other configs have no channel coupling and aren't tuned (expect sub-optimal results until code is improved)

=Technical Information=
* Multiple block sizes for window switching including overlap (powers of two only) ''(128/1024, 256/2048, 512/4096)''
* Customly designed [[window function]] is applied similiar to the sine window. it has (good sidelobe rejection)
:<math>w_k = \sin{(\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot sin^2[(\pi\div2n \cdot (k+0.5))]}</math>
* Psychoacoustics masking is exploited via an ([[ATH]] model)
* Masking curves are computed from an ''emperically'' adjusted set of [http://www.zainea.com/masking2.htm Ehmer Curves]
* Modified Discrete Cosine Transform ([[MDCT]]) is used for noise analysis
* Fast Fourier Transform ([[FFT]]) is used for tonal analysis
* Global masking curve is a mixture between calculated FFT+MDCT curves and ATH curves overlayed
* Floor 1 or the noise-floor (envelope) is calculated using the global masking curve & piecewise linear approximation divided by spectrum to generate the residue (fine detail). The Levinson-Durbin [http://www.data-compression.com/speech.html#ana LPC model] in Floor 0 is no longer used, however the code still exists
* [[Noise normalization]] is applied to compensate for energy lost in certain frequency bands due to quantization (rounding).
* The channels are [[channel coupling|coupled]] ''strictly'' by residue using ([http://us.xiph.org/ogg/vorbis/doc/stereo.html point/phase stereo] and lossless)
* Multistage [[Vector quantization]] is used for coding the noise-floor and residue backend using ''trained'' codebooks.
* [[Huffman coding]] is used to minimize vector codeword redundancy

=Software=

===Encoders===
* [[Oggenc]] official command-line encoder (Win32/Posix)
* [[OggDropXPd|OggdropXPd]] advanced drag-and-drop encoder by John33 (Win32)
* [[Lancer]] SSE-optimized vorbis encoder utility and libraries by BlackSword (Win32/Posix)
* [http://www.saunalahti.fi/cse/foobar2000/ foo_vorbisenc] vorbis encoder library for Foobar2000 (Win32)

===Decoders===
* [http://www.rarewares.org/ogg.html OggDec] for Windows, by John33, a very featureful command line decoder (Win32)
* [[Ogg123]] for Unix systems (GPL), a very simple to use command-line player. (Win32/Posix)
* [http://www.illiminable.com/ogg/ illiminable Ogg Directshow Filters] also plays Speex, Theora and FLAC (Win32)
* [http://www.xiph.org/quicktime/ XiphQT] (Xiph's QuickTime Components) allows playback in [[QuickTime]]/[[iTunes]] (Win32/MacPPC/MacIntel)
* [http://corevorbis.corecodec.org/ CoreVorbis] DirectShow filter (Win32)

===ReplayGain===
* [http://www.rarewares.org/ogg.html VorbisGain] to apply [[ReplayGain]] on Vorbis files (Win32)
** Instructions to integrate VorbisGain into Foobar2000, Winamp, and Windows Explorer can be found in [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=41880&view=findpost&p=396612 this HA thread] ''A precompiled script of the procedure (in RAR format) can be found in [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=45196&view=findpost&p=397803 this HA posting]''
** RPM packages for VorbisGain are available [http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3?stat=3&search=vorbisgain&srodzaj=3 here], and source code for VorbisGain is available [http://sjeng.org/vorbisgain.html here]
* [http://www.rarewares.org/quantumknot/vorbisgain.gz VorbisGain Static GCC 4 compile] (Posix)
* [[foobar2000]]'s ''ReplayGain scanner'' supports Ogg Vorbis files
* [[Winamp]]'s ''ReplayGain Analyzer'' supports Ogg Vorbis files
* [[MediaMonkey]]'s ''Volume Levelling'' supports Ogg Vorbis files

===Splitters===
The following utilities are used to splice Vorbis streams without decoding/re-encoding.

* [http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Ogg_Cutter.htm Ogg Cutter] (Win32)
* [http://mp3splt.sourceforge.net/ mp3splt] (Win32)
* [http://www.xiph.org/downloads/ vcut] (CLI tool part of the official vorbis-tools package) (Win32/Posix)
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/ogg-cut/ Ogg Vorbis Stream Cutter (ogg-cut)] (Posix)

===Taggers===
Most tagger supporting Ogg Vorbis are listed in [[download page#Tagging Utilities|the download page]].
* [http://www.rarewares.org/files/ogg/vorbiscomment-1.1.1.zip Vorbis Comment]

=Supported Digital Audio Players=
The following list contains some players that support Vorbis playback.
* [[Apple iPod]] with [[Rockbox]] firmware -- check out this [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?s=32eeac65958144db631c8a739b41983c&showtopic=40992 HA thread]
* [http://www.ifreemax.com/ FreeMax] FW-960
* [http://www.iaudiophile.net/ iAudio] [[IAudio M3|M3]], U2, G3, X5, I5; X5 with [[Rockbox]] firmware
* [[iRiver H-Series]] with [[Rockbox]] firmware.
* [[MPIO H-Series]]
* [[Neuros]] with [[Rockbox]] firmware.
* [[Rio Karma]]
* [http://www.samsung.com/Products Samsung]
* [http://www.slimdevices.com/ Slim Devices: Squeezebox] External player
* [http://www.yepp.co.kr/ Yepp] YP-T6, YP-T7, YP-C1, YP-F1, YP-53 (Firmware 1.200), other..

A longer list can be found at [http://wiki.xiph.org/index.php/PortablePlayers xiph's wiki].

'''Important note:''' There may be players out there that support Ogg Vorbis, although they are not marketed as such.

=External links=
The following links contain information surrounding the Ogg Vorbis codec that can be found on Hydrogenaudio and elsewhere throughout the web.

===Hydrogenaudio Wiki===
* [[Ogg]] (Container)
* [[Listening Tests#Multiformat Tests|Listening tests comparing Vorbis against MP3, AAC, WMA, etc.]]
* [[Recommended Ogg Vorbis|Recommended settings for encoding with Vorbis]] and its related [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=15049 HA thread]
* [[EAC and Ogg Vorbis|Configuring EAC and Vorbis as an external command-line encoder]]

===Websites===
* [http://www.vorbis.com Vorbis official website] (updated continually)
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vorbis Vorbis at Wikipedia]
* [http://www.playogg.org/ PlayOgg initiative] by the [http://www.fsf.org/ Free Software Foundation]
* [http://www.audiocoding.com/modules/wiki/?page=Ogg+Vorbis Ogg Vorbis at AudioCoding]
* [http://www.rarewares.org/ogg.html Ogg Vorbis binaries at Rarewares]
* [http://www.geocities.jp/aoyoume/aotuv/ Aoyumi's homepage of tuned versions of Vorbis encoder and current beta binaries]
* [http://homepage3.nifty.com/blacksword/index_e.htm The Ogg Vorbis Acceleration Project] -- Archer/[[Lancer]] homepage for optimized versions of aoTuV Vorbis encoder and other SSE optmizations
* [http://www.xiph.org/ Xiph.org Foundation]

===Scientific/R&D===
* [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=20132&st=0 Noise Normalization and HF Boost problem solution that ultimatly lead to the aoTuV tunings (HA Thread)]
* [http://www.free-comp-shop.com/vorbis.pdf Keith Wright rendition of understanding the MDCT in Vorbis by defining it's basic trig properties (PDF)]
* [http://www.mp3-tech.org/programmer/docs/embedded_vorbis_thesis.pdf Ogg Vorbis decoder for an embedded system (Master Thesis in PDF)]
* [http://wiki.xiph.org/index.php/Bounties Xiph.org Vorbis bounties]

[[Category:Lossy]]

Create a long-term archive

2007-05-14T05:51:21Z

Pepoluan: /* Error-Correction Codes */ New subsection

''This is still being discussed in [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=47612&hl= this HA thread]. Feel free to barge in. Result of the discussions will be generalized and put in this article.''

==Why do we need a long-term archive?==

Prior to the invention of [[CD|Compact Discs]], audio is stored in analog media such as vinyls, magnetic reels, and cassette tapes. These media are very prone to environmental damage; e.g. vinyls may be scratched, and magnetic media may be crinkled or demagnetized. Even the CD itself is not perfect. A scratch will damage the media, rendering audible errors into its audio tracks. And the error protection of [[Red Book]] CDs are not perfect; sometimes errors cannot be corrected, and it is up to the player to 'repair' by interpolation.

On the other hand, audio encoding technology (and data storage technology) has progressed to the point where we can (somewhat) easily make perfect (or near-perfect) copy of all audio tracks in the world, with proper error-detection-and-correction.

So, for posterity (and personal enjoyment well into your old age), it is very plausible -- and feasible -- to create a long-term archive of your audio collection.

==Considerations for creating a long-term archive==

Making a long-term archive is not something to be lightly undertaken. You must plan it. Here we attempt to provide you with a general guide to making your long-term audio archive.

===Replication===

First of all, you must decide on how to replicate (i.e. copy) your audio tracks into your computer.

If your source is an Audio CD, it's rather easy. Use the freely available [[secure ripper]] such as [[EAC]] or [[CDex]] to rip your CD into WAV (or [[lossless]]) files. Accuracy of ripping can be improved further by using the [[AccurateRip]] database (unfortunately, the AccurateRip database is not complete; your CD may not exist there).

If your source is analog, then things get more complicated:

# First of all, you must ensure that your source is not damaged in any way.
# Then, you must find a tunable player to ensure faithful reprodution of the audio track.
# Next, you must have a high-quality-recording-capable audio card.
# After that, you must connect the player to your audio card through a quality connection; by "connection", I also mean such active elements like filters, EQs, amps.
# Finally, you must use a good wave-recording program to encode the pumped audio into a huge WAV file.

===Encoding===

Second consideration, is the encoding used. Although you can use WAV's (i.e. PCM) to store your replicated audio tracks, it is not recommended for several reasons:

* No tagging capability -- although information on the tracks may be stored in text files, it is much more practical to store them in tags within the encoded file itself.
* No error detection -- it is extremely vital for long-term archives; if your audio track develops an error, then you can discard it and (hopefully) restore it from a backup-of-backup.
* Big size -- since WAV's are uncompressed, storing audio tracks in WAV's will require a much greater amount of media.

Most of the modern-day [[lossless]] encoding should suffice. The most popular format for long-term archiving seems to be [[FLAC]], [[WavPack]], and [[Monkey's Audio]]. However, other formats may provide better compression.

We strongly advise you to '''not use [[lossy]] encoding'''. With lossy encoding, you will not end up with a bit-by-bit identical archive.

'''Drive image or track image?''' -- One question commonly asked is "Should I rip my CD's as one honking big file and add CUE, or as separate files?" The answer depends on whether the CD is [[gapless]] or not. With gapless CD's, you '''must''' rip it as a single file and add CUE to mark the track starting positions. With gapfull CD's, it is more likely that you're better off with separate files. This advice also applies to analog media.

===Media===

Third consideration, is what media to use. There are a lot of usable media out there, so let's go over them one-by-one.

( One requirement is that the media must be big enough to store at least 1 CD's worth of audio track )

{| border="1"
!Media
!Pros
!Cons
|-
!CD-R
|
* Cheapest per disc
|
* Vulnerable to environment damage
* Vulnerable to optical damage
|-
!DVD-R
|
* Great capacity
|
* Rather expensive
* Media damages easily
|-
!Memory cards
|
* Very practical size
* May be playable in portable digital audio players
* Fast and easy seeking
|
* Longevity relatively unknown
* Expensive per megabyte
|-
!Hard disks (NOT RAID)
|
* Honkin' big capacity
* Very fast for reading/writing
|
* Big & heavy
* Impractical -- rather complex to mount/unmount
* Only usable in PC's
* Electromechanical components
* Sensitive to magnetic fields
|-
!Backup Tapes
|
* Huge capacity
* Relatively cheap per megabyte
|
* Very slow for reading and writing
* Sensitive to magnetic fields
|}

'''Special note about RAID:''' RAID technology is designed for '''100% availability''' instead of data archiving. In other words, a RAID system will prevent loss of data and availability in case a drive fails. However, RAID by itself is not an archiving method. A local-area disaster (e.g. flooding, fire, tornado, etc.) will swipe away your data, possibly irretrievably.

===Storage & Redundancy===

If you just want to save your original audio media from degradation due to use, storage might not matter much. After all, if the copy media gets damaged, you can re-rip/re-record the original media.

However, if you are serious about long-term archival, you will also store your copy media as you store your original media, and use a copy of the copy media (i.e. a redundant copy) for daily usage. This strategy is called redundancy, and it is to prevent the possible scenario where your archive somehow developed an error. The second media need not be the same as the first media. In fact, the redundant copy is usually stored off-site to prevent total loss in case of local-area disaster.

Ideally, both the first copy and the redundant copy are stored in secure, climate-controlled safebox. However this is impractical for daily use. Thus, keep the first copy at your house, and only store the redundant copy in '''off-site''' safeboxes. Store your originals on yet another '''off-site''' safebox.

For daily usage, just pop in your first copy in the player, and enjoy.

===Error-Correction Codes===

The above method should give acceptable protection against data loss. However, if you are paranoid enough about data loss, you can further protect your archived media with an Error-Correction system. Two most popular systems are QuickPar2 and dvdisaster. With both system, the principle is to create an error-detection-and-correcting file which can help you detect errors ''and'' correct them (subject to some limitations).

dvdisaster is perhaps the easier to use, and it runs in two modes: The RS01 mode creates an '''.ecc''' file for error detection and correction. The RS02 mode augments an '''.iso''' image with interspersed error-correction data.

The drawback to dvdisaster is that it seems to require an error-free .ecc data, which means that the .ecc file needs to be stored somewhere safe, or several .ecc files can be written into a media that itself is protected by an .ecc file.

QuickPar2 seems to be the preferred method by HydrogenAudio enthusiasts, as the .par files created by QuickPar2 has some error-resiliency of its own. It is recommended to make a QuickPar2 against the .iso image of a backup media (CD or DVD).

==Cataloging==

Now that you have built yourself a library of your audio tracks, it is important to make a catalog out of your tracks. This will help you, for instance, when you want to hear a certain song but you don't know exactly where it is.

It is possible to actually print out the list of songs within your media and glue the list to your media's case (e.g. as a CD label). However this means that you still have to handle the copy media. More handling means shorter lifetime.

To reduce handling your media, do a cataloging of your media. Ideally you would use a cataloger that not only store the list of files within each media, but also recognizes the tags inside your archive files. This way you can not only search based on file name, but also on other data.

For cataloging to be successful, you also must have a consistent strategy for tagging, filenaming, and pathnaming.

[[Category:Guides]]

ABC/HR

2007-04-29T20:04:29Z

Pepoluan: Darn, forgot the wikilink syntax

'''ABC/HR''' is an abbreviation of ABC/Hidden Reference.

It is a method to 'score' the quality of audio encodings by comparing them alongside a reference sample. The 'hidden' comes from the fact that the listener does not know which sample -- the left or the right one -- is the reference.

The reference used usually is a sample of higher quality than the tested samples, e.g. uncompressed/[[lossless|losslessly]] compressed audio tracks, or a [[lossy|lossily]] compressed track with higher [[bitrate]].

==Purpose==
Blind comparison and blind quality rating to remove the effects of subjective bias and the [[placebo effect]].

==Difference with [[ABX]]==
[[ABX]] is used to detect audible differences blindly, thereby removing subjective bias or the placebo effect and, over multiple trials, estimating the probability that the tester was guessing.

While an ABC/HR tool can do the same, it adds to that the ability to provide a quality rating on a standardized scale, and multiple participants' results can be statistically evaluated to estimate error bars and statistical significance of differences between encoders or encoder parameters in ranking their quality or tying them.

ABC/HR tends to find particular application in low-to-medium bitrate listening tests (below the quality expected to constitute [[transparency]]). As part of a well-designed [[listening test]], useful quality comparison can be made between a selection of encoders plus a high-quality anchor (high anchor) and low-quality anchor (low anchor) without the tester being aware of which encoder is being evaluated at any time.

===Standardized quality scale===

It is most common to use the 1.0 to 5.0 scale defined by ?????. Any value (including fractions) between 1.0 and 5.0 is valid, with the exact whole number representing the following definitions:
* 5.0 :
* 4.0 :
* 3.0 :
* 2.0 :
* 1.0 :

==References==

==Links==

{{stub}}

ABC/HR

2007-04-29T20:03:34Z

Pepoluan: Many new things

'''ABC/HR''' is an abbreviation of ABC/Hidden Reference.

It is a method to 'score' the quality of audio encodings by comparing them alongside a reference sample. The 'hidden' comes from the fact that the listener does not know which sample -- the left or the right one -- is the reference.

The reference used usually is a sample of higher quality than the tested samples, e.g. uncompressed/[[losslessly|lossless]] compressed audio tracks, or a [[lossily|lossy]] compressed track with higher [[bitrate]].

==Purpose==
Blind comparison and blind quality rating to remove the effects of subjective bias and the [[placebo effect]].

==Difference with [[ABX]]==
[[ABX]] is used to detect audible differences blindly, thereby removing subjective bias or the placebo effect and, over multiple trials, estimating the probability that the tester was guessing.

While an ABC/HR tool can do the same, it adds to that the ability to provide a quality rating on a standardized scale, and multiple participants' results can be statistically evaluated to estimate error bars and statistical significance of differences between encoders or encoder parameters in ranking their quality or tying them.

ABC/HR tends to find particular application in low-to-medium bitrate listening tests (below the quality expected to constitute [[transparency]]). As part of a well-designed [[listening test]], useful quality comparison can be made between a selection of encoders plus a high-quality anchor (high anchor) and low-quality anchor (low anchor) without the tester being aware of which encoder is being evaluated at any time.

===Standardized quality scale===

It is most common to use the 1.0 to 5.0 scale defined by ?????. Any value (including fractions) between 1.0 and 5.0 is valid, with the exact whole number representing the following definitions:
* 5.0 :
* 4.0 :
* 3.0 :
* 2.0 :
* 1.0 :

==References==

==Links==

{{stub}}

TAK

2007-04-12T20:14:36Z

Pepoluan: /* Software */ TAK decoder plugin for foobar2000

{{stub}}
{{Codec Infobox
| name = TAK
| logo = [[Image:TAK-logo.gif]]
| type = lossless
| purpose = lossless audio compression.
| maintainer = Thomas Becker
| recommended_encoder = TAK encoder
| recommended_text = TAK v1.0
| website = [http://www.thbeck.de/Tak/Tak.html Homepage] (german)
}}

=General aspects of the format=
'''TAK''' ('''T'''om's lossless '''A'''udio '''K'''ompressor) is a lossless audio compressor which promises compression performance similar to Monkey's Audio "High" and decompression speed similar to FLAC. While the basic format is ready and safe to use, many features such as internal tagging, playback support for other players are yet to be implemented.

==Features==
* high compression
* fast compression and decompression speed
* Streaming support
* Error tolerance
** single bit error will never affect more than 250 ms
* Error detection
** each frame protected by a 24-bit checksum (CRC)

==Pros==
* Fast encoding speed
** Tak "Extra" encodes as fast as Flac -8 while providing better compression
** Tak "Turbo" encodes several times faster than FLAC -8 while providing better compression
* Fast decompression speed (on par with FLAC / WavPack)
* Good compression levels (on par with Monkey's Audio High)
* Error Robustness
* Fast Seeking

==Cons==
* Closed Source (at the moment)
* No hardware support
* Very limited software support (Only Winamp & Foobar2000 plugins at the moment)
* Tagging is not mature at the moment (ApeV2 Tags can be added using Foosion's decoder stubble)

=Hardware and software that support TAK=
==Hardware==
* none

==Software==
* TAK SDK 1.0.1 - Software Development Kit for TAK [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=54058 here]
* Winamp Plugin 1.0.1 [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=54038 here]
* foo_input_tak, TAK decoder for Foobar2000 [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=54087 here]

=Recommended Settings=
* Best compression: "Extra" preset with "Maximum" switch
takc -e -4m [input file]
* Fastest compression: "Turbo" preset
takc -e -0 [input file]
* use [[APEv2_specification|ApeV2]] tagging (will be used as internal tagging)

=Future Features=
* Plugins for other applications like foobar2000.
* Internal tagging.
* Unicode support.
* Piping support.
* MD5 audio checksums for verification and identification.
* A german version.
* Embedded cue sheets.
* Embedded cover art.
* Multichannel audio.

=Frequently asked questions=
* ''to be added''

=External links=
* [http://www.thbeck.de/Tak/Tak.html TAK: Homepage] (german)
* [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=53291 TAK: Release Announcement / Discussion Thread on HA] (english)
* [http://www.rarewares.org/lossless.html TAK: Download]
* [http://synthetic-soul.co.uk/comparison/lossless/ Comparison with Other Codecs (by Synthetic Soul)]
* [http://flac.sourceforge.net/comparison.html An Updated Comparison (from FLAC Homepage)]

[[Category:Lossless]]
[[Category:Encoder/Decoder]]

TAK

2007-04-12T20:09:02Z

Pepoluan: /* Cons */ Change in situation of plugins and SDK

{{stub}}
{{Codec Infobox
| name = TAK
| logo = [[Image:TAK-logo.gif]]
| type = lossless
| purpose = lossless audio compression.
| maintainer = Thomas Becker
| recommended_encoder = TAK encoder
| recommended_text = TAK v1.0
| website = [http://www.thbeck.de/Tak/Tak.html Homepage] (german)
}}

=General aspects of the format=
'''TAK''' ('''T'''om's lossless '''A'''udio '''K'''ompressor) is a lossless audio compressor which promises compression performance similar to Monkey's Audio "High" and decompression speed similar to FLAC. While the basic format is ready and safe to use, many features such as internal tagging, playback support for other players are yet to be implemented.

==Features==
* high compression
* fast compression and decompression speed
* Streaming support
* Error tolerance
** single bit error will never affect more than 250 ms
* Error detection
** each frame protected by a 24-bit checksum (CRC)

==Pros==
* Fast encoding speed
** Tak "Extra" encodes as fast as Flac -8 while providing better compression
** Tak "Turbo" encodes several times faster than FLAC -8 while providing better compression
* Fast decompression speed (on par with FLAC / WavPack)
* Good compression levels (on par with Monkey's Audio High)
* Error Robustness
* Fast Seeking

==Cons==
* Closed Source (at the moment)
* No hardware support
* Very limited software support (Only Winamp & Foobar2000 plugins at the moment)
* Tagging is not mature at the moment (ApeV2 Tags can be added using Foosion's decoder stubble)

=Hardware and software that support TAK=
==Hardware==
* none

==Software==
* TAK SDK 1.0.1 - Software Development Kit for TAK [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=54058 here]
* Winamp Plugin 1.0.1 [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=54038 here]

=Recommended Settings=
* Best compression: "Extra" preset with "Maximum" switch
takc -e -4m [input file]
* Fastest compression: "Turbo" preset
takc -e -0 [input file]
* use [[APEv2_specification|ApeV2]] tagging (will be used as internal tagging)

=Future Features=
* Plugins for other applications like foobar2000.
* Internal tagging.
* Unicode support.
* Piping support.
* MD5 audio checksums for verification and identification.
* A german version.
* Embedded cue sheets.
* Embedded cover art.
* Multichannel audio.

=Frequently asked questions=
* ''to be added''

=External links=
* [http://www.thbeck.de/Tak/Tak.html TAK: Homepage] (german)
* [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=53291 TAK: Release Announcement / Discussion Thread on HA] (english)
* [http://www.rarewares.org/lossless.html TAK: Download]
* [http://synthetic-soul.co.uk/comparison/lossless/ Comparison with Other Codecs (by Synthetic Soul)]
* [http://flac.sourceforge.net/comparison.html An Updated Comparison (from FLAC Homepage)]

[[Category:Lossless]]
[[Category:Encoder/Decoder]]

ABC/HR

2007-04-12T14:02:59Z

Pepoluan:

Current events

2007-01-29T19:05:35Z

Pepoluan: Menno's test is now on-going

'''Events are sorted by date; the most current is at the bottom.'''

'''Important update on Menno's latest test.'''

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Sebastian Mares has organized a [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=39448 128kbps listening test] that starts on December 5, 2005 and finishes on the January 13, 2006. Download the [http://www.maresweb.de/listening-tests/mf_128_1.php tools] and contribute your findings to the results of the listening test! '''This test has finished. Go to the [[Listening Tests]] page for the links to HA Forum's thread and complete result page.'''

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Ivan Dimkovic has organized a [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=40859&view=findpost&p=359378 48-kbps HE-AAC CBR vs ABR vs VBR test] that starts on January 24, 2006 and finishes on February 3, 2006. If you want to participate, [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=40858 check it out here]. '''This test has finished. Go to the [[Listening Tests]] page for the links to HA Forum's thread and complete result page.'''

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Gabriel has organized a [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=41598&st=0 public listening test for HE-AACv1 & v2 @48-kbps] that starts on February 20, 2006 and finishes on March 19, 2006. If you want to participate, [http://www.mp3-tech.org/content/?48kbps%20AAC%20public%20test check it out here]. '''This test has finished. Go to the [[Listening Tests]] page for the links to HA Forum's thread and complete result page.'''

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Sebastian Mares has organized a [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=50408&hl= 48kbps Multiformat listening test] that starts on 2006-11-22 and finishes on 2006-12-08. Visit the [http://www.maresweb.de/listening-tests/mf-48-1/ test announcement page] to participate and contribute your findings to the results of the listening test! '''This test has finished. Go to the [[Listening Tests]] page for the links to HA Forum's thread and complete result page.'''

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Menno has organized an '''on-going''' [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=51172&hl= 80 kbps LC AAC listening test for PNS and IS comparison] that starts on 2006-12-21 and finishes ''when he deems it finished''. Visit the [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=51171 test announcement page] to participate and contribute your findings to the results of the listening test!

Current events

2007-01-10T18:51:11Z

Pepoluan: Stupid Spacing(tm)

'''Events are sorted by date; the most current is at the bottom.'''

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Sebastian Mares has organized a [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=39448 128kbps listening test] that starts on December 5, 2005 and finishes on the January 13, 2006. Download the [http://www.maresweb.de/listening-tests/mf_128_1.php tools] and contribute your findings to the results of the listening test! '''This test has finished. Go to the [[Listening Tests]] page for the links to HA Forum's thread and complete result page.'''

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Ivan Dimkovic has organized a [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=40859&view=findpost&p=359378 48-kbps HE-AAC CBR vs ABR vs VBR test] that starts on January 24, 2006 and finishes on February 3, 2006. If you want to participate, [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=40858 check it out here]. '''This test has finished. Go to the [[Listening Tests]] page for the links to HA Forum's thread and complete result page.'''

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Gabriel has organized a [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=41598&st=0 public listening test for HE-AACv1 & v2 @48-kbps] that starts on February 20, 2006 and finishes on March 19, 2006. If you want to participate, [http://www.mp3-tech.org/content/?48kbps%20AAC%20public%20test check it out here]. '''This test has finished. Go to the [[Listening Tests]] page for the links to HA Forum's thread and complete result page.'''

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Sebastian Mares has organized a [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=50408&hl= 48kbps Multiformat listening test] that starts on 2006-11-22 and finishes on 2006-12-08. Visit the [http://www.maresweb.de/listening-tests/mf-48-1/ test announcement page] to participate and contribute your findings to the results of the listening test! '''This test has finished. Go to the [[Listening Tests]] page for the links to HA Forum's thread and complete result page.'''

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Menno has organized a [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=51172&hl= 80 kbps LC AAC listening test for PNS and IS comparison] that starts on 2006-12-21 and finishes on 2007-01-08. Visit the [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=51171 test announcement page] to participate and contribute your findings to the results of the listening test!

Current events

2007-01-10T18:50:30Z

Pepoluan: Reword on sorting info

Talk:Free Lossless Audio Codec

2007-01-10T18:32:39Z

Pepoluan:

{{talkheader}}

The logo sux. methinks it has transparency. Better use one without transparency i.e. on a solid black background. --[[User:Pepoluan|pepoluan]] '''([[User_talk:pepoluan|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/pepoluan|contribs]])''' 12:32, 10 January 2007 (CST)

Talk:Recommended Ogg Vorbis

2007-01-10T18:32:02Z

Pepoluan: {{talkheader}}

{{talkheader}}

Um, the history here. Shouldn't it be in the [[Ogg Vorbis]] page instead? And a linkback from the [[Ogg Vorbis]] page to this page. --[[User:Pepoluan|pepoluan]] 20:22, 4 January 2006 (CST)

:I have added linkback from [[Ogg Vorbis]] page. Do we need the green text? And can someone tell me if 4.51 has or hasn't became the recommended version? (I personally use 4.51 but no time nor desire to AB 4 and 4.51) --[[User:Pepoluan|pepoluan]] 20:44, 4 January 2006 (CST)

::Yes, we do need the green text, it add's color to the wiki and sticks with color scheme in the thread ;-D. I personally put the page together with my bare hands, adapted, and changed it. The History should be similiar to, but with less of an emphasis on the codec and more on the binaries. I need to add in the advanced-command line parameters and knowing what binary is which. A lot of the other stuff can be left out. Thanks for fixing the table btw. If you see any other articles you can add information to with a reference or a source feel to free to do so. --[[User:HotshotGG|HotshotGG]] 5:52, 5 January 2006 (EST).

:::I'm all for color in the Wiki... but why must green :D
:::BTW you are wrong about 4.51. 4.51 is bugfix of 4.5, which is improvement from 4.
:::So from 4.5 to 4.51 there's no code change (other than bugfix), but from 4 to 4.5 there's improvement in quality.
:::See the announcement [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=38517 here]. --[[User:Pepoluan|pepoluan]] 07:48, 6 January 2006 (CST)

Here is what I am thinking. I think we should remove the green color's on the text and just use color's for syntax highlightening and important stuff. You can continue to edit the page and I will come back and check out it. It's look good for the most part there is a lot of stuff that nees to be edited though. --[[User:HotshotGG|HotshotGG]] 07:45, 7 January 2006 (EST).

:Tried to remove to greens. I think it looks overcolored now... black, then blue, then black, then green... the textblocks are too short I think to make it multicolored? --[[User:Pepoluan|pepoluan]] 07:30, 10 January 2006 (CST)

::I really think there was too much green. The page is quickly degrading into a rainbow page. So I recolorized everything. And change the ugly vendor tag list to a table. --[[User:Pepoluan|pepoluan]] 13:56, 19 January 2006 (GMT)

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Note: aoTuV beta 2 was merged in xiph.org libvorbis 1.1, but aoTuV beta 3 was never merged in xiph.org. -- ''(Who wrote this?)''

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Heyyy... the tables are now grey! I think the tables are better green... but the text better black. And will we please use the Show Preview button before Saving :P it drives me nuts seeing the history is so long... --[[User:Pepoluan|pepoluan]] 11:46, 22 January 2006 (CST)

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Do you think the Vendor Tag table is a bit too long to be placed here? It's not that related to the topic anyway? Perhaps we can make another page, i.e. Vorbis:Vendor Tags.
--[[User:Pepoluan|pepoluan]] 10:22, 12 May 2006 (CDT)

:I don't see a need too. The less pages that are needed to get the message across in the wiki the better. --[[User:HotshotGG|HotshotGG]] 1:43, 14 May 2006 (CDT)

::But the info in the table is (1) Useful for '''decoding''' not '''encoding''', and (2) Not really useful anyway.
::The page is getting too wieldy, anyways :-( --[[User:Pepoluan|pepoluan]] 02:32, 28 May 2006 (CDT)

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When you quickly read the page, you see first the 4.51 encoders, and only after version 4. You have to read the page in detail to learn that version 4 is really the recommended encoder, and version 4.51 has to get more "peer review". I think the recommended encoder should be listed first, and the latest versions shown below, for those wanting to experiment.
--[[User:Norz|Norz]] 08:43, 9 July 2006 (CDT)

:IMO this page is getting too big, clunky, and confusing. Split this up! --[[User:Pepoluan|pepoluan]] 11:59, 10 July 2006 (CDT)

:The wiki page should be split and the descripentcy between 4.5 and 4.51 needs to resolved. I was going to re-edit that, but I forget about it. The only reason I have this page on my watchlist is, because it's a popularity contest. I usually focus my efforts elsewhere in the wiki. Let's see what we can do with it though and with your help I was able to transcribe into the wiki, which wouldn't have been done anyway had I not remember QT post from last year anyhow. --[[User:HotshotGG|HotshotGG]] 11:17, 10 July 2006 (CDT)

::Here's a list of my recommended changes. If no one objects in one week, then that means this list is accepted and changes will commence (by whomever).
::* History needs to be bulleted, with particular stress on the version & date.
::* Recommended Vorbis Encoders need to be restructured. I'm not really sure how, but 3rd party source code (i.e. aoTuV) needs to be moved somewhere.
::* Released Binaries (i.e. the Vorbis Vendor tag) needs its own page, linked to from History.
::* Advanced Encoder Settings needs its own page, linked to from Recommended Encoder Settings.
::I'm sure there are other possible improvements. But this is my list. Now, to figure out the nomenclature of the new pages.
::--[[User:Pepoluan|pepoluan]] 15:17, 12 July 2006 (CDT)

Again it doesn't need to be split. You are just making things more confusing for the average user. Work on some other guides in the wiki. You are stripping out pivotal information that some folks need. --[[User:HotshotGG|HotshotGG]] 19:32, 14 July 2006 (CDT)

:Okay. NP. My entry above was done the same time as I post the suggestion in the forums. So we'll leave it as it is then.
:--[[User:Pepoluan|pepoluan]] 13:00, 17 July 2006 (CDT)

Current events

2006-12-21T16:16:40Z

Pepoluan: Menno's 80 kbps LC-AAC listening test

Sebastian Mares has organized a [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=39448 128kbps listening test] that starts on December 5, 2005 and finishes on the January 13, 2006. Download the [http://www.maresweb.de/listening-tests/mf_128_1.php tools] and contribute your findings to the results of the listening test! '''This test has finished. Go to the [[Listening Tests]] page for the links to HA Forum's thread and complete result page.'''

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Ivan Dimkovic has organized a [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=40859&view=findpost&p=359378 48-kbps HE-AAC CBR vs ABR vs VBR test] that starts on January 24, 2006 and finishes on February 3, 2006. If you want to participate, [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=40858 check it out here]. '''This test has finished. Go to the [[Listening Tests]] page for the links to HA Forum's thread and complete result page.'''

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Gabriel has organized a [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=41598&st=0 public listening test for HE-AACv1 & v2 @48-kbps] that starts on February 20, 2006 and finishes on March 19, 2006. If you want to participate, [http://www.mp3-tech.org/content/?48kbps%20AAC%20public%20test check it out here]. '''This test has finished. Go to the [[Listening Tests]] page for the links to HA Forum's thread and complete result page.'''

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Sebastian Mares has organized a [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=50408&hl= 48kbps Multiformat listening test] that starts on 2006-11-22 and finishes on 2006-12-08. Visit the [http://www.maresweb.de/listening-tests/mf-48-1/ test announcement page] to participate and contribute your findings to the results of the listening test! '''This test has finished. Go to the [[Listening Tests]] page for the links to HA Forum's thread and complete result page.'''

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Menno has organized a [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=51172&hl= 80 kbps LC AAC listening test for PNS and IS comparison] that starts on 2006-12-21 and finishes on 2007-01-08. Visit the [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=51171 test announcement page] to participate and contribute your findings to the results of the listening test!

Inverse mix

2006-12-15T21:18:15Z

Pepoluan: Misspell, links, category

An '''inverse mix''' is usually used to compare two things which are thought to be similar. You subtract one from the other so only the difference remains which can now be examined.

Suppose you have A and B then D = A - B would obviously be the difference. When you apply this to audio signals, the mixing is usually an additive process ( A + B ), so we need to invert the B-Signal: A + (-B); hence the name. When A and B are identical, the inverse mixing process will result in silence.

Similar techniques are used in image processing, to remove dust and scratches from scanned pictures or to cover so called hot pixels in digital photography ("dark frame subtraction").

If you rip a [[CD]] and receive an error on one track, you may want to do two subsequent rips and compare them with this technique to isolate the position of possible clicks and other flaws.

==A Word of Warning==

Many uninformed people use inverse mixing to rank the quality of [[psychoacoustic]] [[lossy]] audio encoders. They argue that the quieter the resulting residual (difference), the better the [[codec]]. However, '''this is fundamentally flawed'''. It is the goal of a psychoacoustic lossy encoder to remove all inaudible information from an audio signal. If you were to inverse mix the original and the encoded signal, you would see a large difference, but an ideal encode would still sound the same as the original. On the other hand, the difference could be very small and yet clearly audible.

By looking at the difference or listening to it, you '''can not''' tell if what has been removed would result in an audible degradation of the signal. ''Inverse mixing doesn't say anything about codec quality.''

[[Category:Technical]]

Inverse mix

2006-12-15T20:17:39Z

Pepoluan: Reformat, links to make this not a dead-end page

An '''inverse mix''' is usually used to compare two things which are thought to be similar. You subtract one from the other so only the difference remains which can now be examined.

Suppose you have A and B then D = A - B would obviously be the difference. When you apply this to audio signals, the mixing is usually an additive process (A+B), so we need to invert the B-Signal: A + (-B); hence the name. When A and B are identical, the inverse mixing process will result in silene.

Similar techniques are used in image processing, to remove dust and scratches from scanned pictures or to cover so called hot pixels in digital photography ("dark frame subtraction").

If you rip a [[CD]] and receive an error on one track, you may want to do two subsequent rips and compare them with this technique to isolate the position of possible clicks and other flaws.

==A Word of Warning==

Many uninformed people use inverse mixing to rank the quality of [[psychoacoustic]] lossy audio encoders. They argue that the quieter the resulting residual (difference), the better the [[codec]]. However, '''this is fundamentally flawed'''. It is the goal of a psychoacoustic lossy encoder to remove all inaudible information from an audio signal. If you were to inverse mix the original and the encoded signal, you would see a large difference, but an ideal encode would still sound the same as the original. On the other hand, the difference could be very small and yet clearly audible.

By looking at the difference or listening to it, you '''can not''' tell if what has been removed would result in an audible degradation of the signal. ''Inverse mixing doesn't say anything about codec quality.''

Digital Rights Management

2006-12-15T20:03:39Z

Pepoluan: Copy from wikipedia

'''Digital Rights Management''' (generally abbreviated to '''DRM''') is an umbrella term that refers to any of several technologies used by publishers or copyright owners to control access to and usage of digital data or hardware, and to restrictions associated with a specific instance of a digital work or device. The term is often confused with [[copy protection]] and technical protection measures; these two terms refer to technologies that control or restrict the use and access of digital content on electronic devices with such technologies installed, acting as components of a DRM design.

Digital Rights Management is a controversial topic. Advocates argue DRM is necessary for copyright holders to prevent unauthorized duplication of their work to ensure continued revenue streams. Some critics of the technology, including the ''Free Software Foundation'', suggest that the use of the word "Rights" is misleading and suggest that people instead use the term ''Digital Restrictions Management''. The position put forth is that copyright holders are attempting to restrict use of copyrighted material in ways not granted by statutory or common law applying to copyright. Others, such as the ''Electronic Frontier Foundation'' consider some DRM schemes to be anti-competitive, citing the ''iTunes Store'' as an example.

DRM vendors and publishers coined the term "digital rights management" to refer to the protective (or restrictive) schemes discussed here; it is limited to digital media because of their special characteristics, especially exact copyability. There is a long history of objection on the part of copyright holders (in modern times often music distributors or broadcasting companies) to copying technology of any kind. Examples have included player piano rolls (early in the 20th century), audio tape recording (after WWII), video tape recording (eg, in the famous Betamax case in the US), etc. Digital copying raised concerns to a higher pitch. While analog media loses quality with each copy generation, and often even during normal use, digital media files may be copied an unlimited number of times without degradation in the quality of subsequent copies. [[Digital Audio Tape]], thought by many observers of the time to be a probable replacement / improvement for the audio cassette, was a market failure in part due to opposition on grounds of the potential for piracy. The advent of personal computers, combined with the Internet and popular file sharing tools, have made unauthorized sharing of digital files possible and profitable.

==External Links==
* [http://www.eff.org/IP/DRM/ EFF's DRM page]

Talk:Topic Index

2006-12-15T19:56:36Z

Pepoluan: Reshaping

{{talkheader}}

==FAQ Section==
Some actions: I based the FAQ section on HA FAQs by Pio. The changes I made are twofold:
*Merger SACD, DVD-A, Vinyl and Cassette to the various section
*Created a section called ''Lossy Formats'' but I think it would be better to transfer any format related faq to the format wiki page, ie, create a section called FAQ in each format wiki page
Opinions are welcome... -[[User:Beto|Beto]] 14:00, 22 Oct 2004 (PDT)

Agreed. We should put a FAQ on each format with things specific to that format, but still keep a general Lossy FAQ. Ditto for Lossless. - [[User:tiefing|tiefling]]

I have seen plenty of EAC guides for configuring EAC with multiple audio codecs why not make a CDex guide as well? -[[User:HotshotGG|HotshotGG]] 17:48, 6 Jul 2005 (EDT)

==TOC==

Why has the TOC been removed? [[User:Jan|Jan]] 10:20, 19 September 2006 (CDT)

Talk:CD Hardware

2006-12-15T19:56:02Z

Pepoluan: What's this article about anyway?

{{talkheader}}

==What's this page about?==

Okay, I want to know, what should this article be talking about? The title's '''CD Hardware''', but the content is more like ''selecting the right CD ROM drive for secure ripping''.
--[[User:Pepoluan|pepoluan]] '''([[User_talk:pepoluan|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/pepoluan|contribs]])''' 13:56, 15 December 2006 (CST)

Macintosh Audio Compression/Expansion

2006-12-15T12:07:27Z

Pepoluan: Categorize to Codec & Lossy

MACE (Macintosh Audio Compression/Expansion) is a lossy, proprietary compression scheme developed by Apple Computer for their Macintosh line of computers.

Technically, it's very similar to how [[ADPCM]] works.

It only works on 8bit streams. It offers two compression modes: 6:1 (1/6th of the original file size, 117kbps) and 3:1 (1/3rd of the original file size, 235kbps). Quality is relatively poor.

Users are encouraged not to use this codec, for several reasons:
* There are better alternatives quality-wise (ADPCM, WavPack lossy, psychoacoustic codecs)
* Proprietary codec - E.G, on Windows platform, it can only be encoded and played in QuickTime
* Won't work on bit depths other than 8bit.

==External Links==

* [http://www.quicktime.com QuickTime] plays and encodes MACE streams.
* [http://cekirdek.pardus.org.tr/~ismail/ffmpeg-docs/mace_8c-source.html Reverse engineered MACE decoder sources] by Laszlo Torok

[[Category:Codec]]
[[Category:Lossy]]

Lancer

2006-12-13T15:58:02Z

Pepoluan: /* Platform-specific builds */ Add Core2 Duo

'''Lancer''' is the codename for the highly-optimized suite of [[Ogg Vorbis|Vorbis]] libraries and utilities by BlackSword of the [http://homepage3.nifty.com/blacksword/index_e.htm Ogg Vorbis Acceleration Project].

The latest version, '''Lancer 20061110''', is based on '''[[aoTuV]] Release 1'''. It includes the accelerated versions of:

* Oggenc 2.83
* [[OggDropXPd]] 1.8.9
* Vorbis Dynamic Link Libraries (ogg.dll, vorbis.dll, vorbisenc.dll, vorbisfile.dll, libvorbis.dll)

==Platform-specific builds==

Starting version 20060506, BlackSword provides several builds of the Lancer Suite. Each of these builds is optimized for a specific platform. Here's a quick run-down (not exhaustive!) of the builds:

* SSE: AthlonXP (Barton core and older), Pentium III
* SSE2: Athlon64, Opteron, Pentium IV
* SSE2MT: Multi-threading version of SSE2
* SSE3: Athlon64 Rev E (Venice & San Diego core), Pentium IV (Prescott core), Core Duo (Solo)
* SSE3MT: Multi-threading version of SSE3 for Athlon64X2, Pentium D, Core Duo (Dual), Core2 Duo (Conroe & Merom cores)

Theoretically, the MT builds should run faster on Hyper-Threading capable processors or Multi-processor systems (including Multicore processors).

Newer processors '''should''' support SSE3. It is recommended that you confirm this with, either your processor manufacturer or someone familiar with your computer architecture. You have the ability to test, whether or not a certain SSE level is supported by your processor: Simply download and run Oggenc 2.83 for the SSE level that you plan on testing. If your processor does not support it, Oggenc 2.83 will tell you so and exit.

==See also==
* [[Recommended Ogg Vorbis]]

==Processor & Chipset Information==

You can use these freeware applications in order to test your computer's architecture and chipset.
* [http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA002374/src/download.html wcpuid] (for Windows)
* [http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php cpu-z] (for Windows)

Linux users can try '''cat /proc/cpuinfo'''

[[Category:Software]]
[[Category:Encoder/Decoder]]
[[Category:Guides]]

Lancer

2006-12-13T15:56:14Z

Pepoluan: Update Lancer version

'''Lancer''' is the codename for the highly-optimized suite of [[Ogg Vorbis|Vorbis]] libraries and utilities by BlackSword of the [http://homepage3.nifty.com/blacksword/index_e.htm Ogg Vorbis Acceleration Project].

The latest version, '''Lancer 20061110''', is based on '''[[aoTuV]] Release 1'''. It includes the accelerated versions of:

* Oggenc 2.83
* [[OggDropXPd]] 1.8.9
* Vorbis Dynamic Link Libraries (ogg.dll, vorbis.dll, vorbisenc.dll, vorbisfile.dll, libvorbis.dll)

==Platform-specific builds==

Starting version 20060506, BlackSword provides several builds of the Lancer Suite. Each of these builds is optimized for a specific platform. Here's a quick run-down (not exhaustive!) of the builds:

* SSE: AthlonXP (Barton core and older), Pentium III
* SSE2: Athlon64, Opteron, Pentium IV
* SSE2MT: Multi-threading version of SSE2
* SSE3: Athlon64 Rev E (Venice & San Diego core), Pentium IV (Prescott core), Core Duo (Solo)
* SSE3MT: Multi-threading version of SSE3 for Athlon64X2, Pentium D, Core Duo (Dual)

Theoretically, the MT builds should run faster on Hyper-Threading capable processors or Multi-processor systems (including Multicore processors).

Newer processors '''should''' support SSE3. It is recommended that you confirm this with, either your processor manufacturer or someone familiar with your computer architecture. You have the ability to test, whether or not a certain SSE level is supported by your processor: Simply download and run Oggenc 2.83 for the SSE level that you plan on testing. If your processor does not support it, Oggenc 2.83 will tell you so and exit.

==See also==
* [[Recommended Ogg Vorbis]]

==Processor & Chipset Information==

You can use these freeware applications in order to test your computer's architecture and chipset.
* [http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA002374/src/download.html wcpuid] (for Windows)
* [http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php cpu-z] (for Windows)

Linux users can try '''cat /proc/cpuinfo'''

[[Category:Software]]
[[Category:Encoder/Decoder]]
[[Category:Guides]]

Resampling

2006-12-12T20:08:05Z

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==Resampling or Sample Rate Conversion==

Digital audio is always sampled, which means that any digital audio file is created with a fixed sample rate (and resolution). [[Red Book]] Audio [[CD]]'s sample rate is 44.1kHz (16-bits resolution). Audio on [[DVD]]s is sampled at 96kHz (24-bit resolution). '''Resampling''' or ''Sample Rate Conversion'' is required when one wants to convert a digital audio file (i.e. an analog audio signal that has already been digitized) from a given sample rate into a different sample rate (resolution can stay the same or change). Upsampling (aka interpolation) is the process of converting from a lower to higher sample rate (e.g. from 44.1kHz to 48kHz); downsampling (aka decimation) is the process of converting from a higher to a lower sample rate (e.g. from 96kHz to 48kHz).

Resampling can also be used to describe resolution changes (changes in bit depth, e.g. from 16-bit to 24-bit, or from 24-bit to 16-bit).

Low-quality resampling algorithms, whether upsampling or downsampling, can introduce artifacts which are clearly audible in the resampled audio file. A typical low-quality, but extremely fast resampling algorithm will just be based on linear interpolation. High-quality resampling algorithms use more CPU time, since they require translation to the frequency domain. Modern PC processors (~2GHz clock) can easily deal with very high-quality resampling in real time. Sound cards that do resampling in real time require a good DSP.

Resampling is very often required and is in fact part of the audio mastering process for CDs, since professional audio equipment uses 96kHz or 192kHz for masters, whereas the Red Book Audio CD spec uses a 44.1kHz sample rate. Different media are recorded at different sample rates (CD at 44.1kHz, DAT at 48kHz, DVD audio at 96kHz, etc). Digitally mixing different sources sampled at different rates will require resampling to a common rate and resolution.

Many PC audio cards (most notably the 10k1 and 10k2 based Creative Labs ones) and AC97 codecs can only input, output or internally process audio data at 48kHz and forcefully resample any digital audio data at one stage or another. Sometimes the audio software or the drivers will add a resampling step (e.g. ALSA when software mixing, see [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=47591 this thread]).

==References==
* Digital Audio Resampling Home Page: http://ccrma-www.stanford.edu/~jos/resample/
* PeakPro 5 Sample Rate Converter Comparison with Other Audio Applications, Bias Inc., December 2005: http://www.bias-inc.com/products/peakPro5/resampling/peakResamplingWhitePaper.pdf
* Sample Rate Conversion Comparisons (96kHz to 44.1kHz): http://src.infinitewave.ca/
* iZotope 64-bit SRC Precise Sample Rate Conversion: http://www.izotope.com/tech/src/
* Sox Sampling rate conversion. W. G. Unruh 2006: http://axion.physics.ubc.ca/soundcard/resample.html
* An Analysis of Sample Rate Conversion in Sox, Andreas Wilde, 19. Dec. 2003: http://www.leute.server.de/wilde/resample.html
* Lyons, Richard G. Understanding Digital Signal Processing. Indiana: Prentice Hall, March 2004: Edition: 3rd <code><nowiki>ISBN 0-13-108989-7</nowiki></code>
* Secret Rabbit Code (aka libsamplerate): http://www.mega-nerd.com/SRC/index.html

[[Category:Signal Processing]]

Current events

2006-12-11T13:40:22Z

Pepoluan: Sebastian Mares' latest listening test -- finished

Create a long-term archive

2006-12-08T15:17:48Z

Pepoluan: More info

''This is still being discussed in [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=47612&hl= this HA thread]. Feel free to barge in. Result of the discussions will be generalized and put in this article.''

==Why do we need a long-term archive?==

Prior to the invention of [[CD|Compact Discs]], audio is stored in analog media such as vinyls, magnetic reels, and cassette tapes. These media are very prone to environmental damage; e.g. vinyls may be scratched, and magnetic media may be crinkled or demagnetized. Even the CD itself is not perfect. A scratch will damage the media, rendering audible errors into its audio tracks. And the error protection of [[Red Book]] CDs are not perfect; sometimes errors cannot be corrected, and it is up to the player to 'repair' by interpolation.

On the other hand, audio encoding technology (and data storage technology) has progressed to the point where we can (somewhat) easily make perfect (or near-perfect) copy of all audio tracks in the world, with proper error-detection-and-correction.

So, for posterity (and personal enjoyment well into your old age), it is very plausible -- and feasible -- to create a long-term archive of your audio collection.

==Considerations for creating a long-term archive==

Making a long-term archive is not something to be lightly undertaken. You must plan it. Here we attempt to provide you with a general guide to making your long-term audio archive.

===Replication===

First of all, you must decide on how to replicate (i.e. copy) your audio tracks into your computer.

If your source is an Audio CD, it's rather easy. Use the freely available [[secure ripper]] such as [[EAC]] or [[CDex]] to rip your CD into WAV (or [[lossless]]) files. Accuracy of ripping can be improved further by using the [[AccurateRip]] database (unfortunately, the AccurateRip database is not complete; your CD may not exist there).

If your source is analog, then things get more complicated:

# First of all, you must ensure that your source is not damaged in any way.
# Then, you must find a tunable player to ensure faithful reprodution of the audio track.
# Next, you must have a high-quality-recording-capable audio card.
# After that, you must connect the player to your audio card through a quality connection; by "connection", I also mean such active elements like filters, EQs, amps.
# Finally, you must use a good wave-recording program to encode the pumped audio into a huge WAV file.

===Encoding===

Second consideration, is the encoding used. Although you can use WAV's (i.e. PCM) to store your replicated audio tracks, it is not recommended for several reasons:

* No tagging capability -- although information on the tracks may be stored in text files, it is much more practical to store them in tags within the encoded file itself.
* No error detection -- it is extremely vital for long-term archives; if your audio track develops an error, then you can discard it and (hopefully) restore it from a backup-of-backup.
* Big size -- since WAV's are uncompressed, storing audio tracks in WAV's will require a much greater amount of media.

Most of the modern-day [[lossless]] encoding should suffice. The most popular format for long-term archiving seems to be [[FLAC]], [[WavPack]], and [[Monkey's Audio]]. However, other formats may provide better compression.

We strongly advise you to '''not use [[lossy]] encoding'''. With lossy encoding, you will not end up with a bit-by-bit identical archive.

'''Drive image or track image?''' -- One question commonly asked is "Should I rip my CD's as one honking big file and add CUE, or as separate files?" The answer depends on whether the CD is [[gapless]] or not. With gapless CD's, you '''must''' rip it as a single file and add CUE to mark the track starting positions. With gapfull CD's, it is more likely that you're better off with separate files. This advice also applies to analog media.

===Media===

Third consideration, is what media to use. There are a lot of usable media out there, so let's go over them one-by-one.

( One requirement is that the media must be big enough to store at least 1 CD's worth of audio track )

{| border="1"
!Media
!Pros
!Cons
|-
!CD-R
|
* Cheapest per disc
|
* Vulnerable to environment damage
* Vulnerable to optical damage
|-
!DVD-R
|
* Great capacity
|
* Rather expensive
* Media damages easily
|-
!Memory cards
|
* Very practical size
* May be playable in portable digital audio players
* Fast and easy seeking
|
* Longevity relatively unknown
* Expensive per megabyte
|-
!Hard disks (NOT RAID)
|
* Honkin' big capacity
* Very fast for reading/writing
|
* Big & heavy
* Impractical -- rather complex to mount/unmount
* Only usable in PC's
* Electromechanical components
* Sensitive to magnetic fields
|-
!Backup Tapes
|
* Huge capacity
* Relatively cheap per megabyte
|
* Very slow for reading and writing
* Sensitive to magnetic fields
|}

'''Special note about RAID:''' RAID technology is designed for '''100% availability''' instead of data archiving. In other words, a RAID system will prevent loss of data and availability in case a drive fails. However, RAID by itself is not an archiving method. A local-area disaster (e.g. flooding, fire, tornado, etc.) will swipe away your data, possibly irretrievably.

===Storage & Redundancy===

If you just want to save your original audio media from degradation due to use, storage might not matter much. After all, if the copy media gets damaged, you can re-rip/re-record the original media.

However, if you are serious about long-term archival, you will also store your copy media as you store your original media, and use a copy of the copy media (i.e. a redundant copy) for daily usage. This strategy is called redundancy, and it is to prevent the possible scenario where your archive somehow developed an error. The second media need not be the same as the first media. In fact, the redundant copy is usually stored off-site to prevent total loss in case of local-area disaster.

Ideally, both the first copy and the redundant copy are stored in secure, climate-controlled safebox. However this is impractical for daily use. Thus, keep the first copy at your house, and only store the redundant copy in '''off-site''' safeboxes. Store your originals on yet another '''off-site''' safebox.

For daily usage, just pop in your first copy in the player, and enjoy.

==Cataloging==

Now that you have built yourself a library of your audio tracks, it is important to make a catalog out of your tracks. This will help you, for instance, when you want to hear a certain song but you don't know exactly where it is.

It is possible to actually print out the list of songs within your media and glue the list to your media's case (e.g. as a CD label). However this means that you still have to handle the copy media. More handling means shorter lifetime.

To reduce handling your media, do a cataloging of your media. Ideally you would use a cataloger that not only store the list of files within each media, but also recognizes the tags inside your archive files. This way you can not only search based on file name, but also on other data.

For cataloging to be successful, you also must have a consistent strategy for tagging, filenaming, and pathnaming.

Create a long-term archive

2006-12-08T14:38:13Z

Pepoluan: /* Encoding */ Rewording

Create a long-term archive

2006-12-08T11:58:26Z

Pepoluan: /* Encoding */ Do not use lossy

Tag (metadata)

2006-12-08T11:44:51Z

Pepoluan: Slight reformatting

== Tags ==

After ripping and encoding a media file, many people choose to add '''tags''' to the file. These tags are a form of [[metadata]] designed to hold information such as artist, album, track title and so on. As different audio formats evolve so do different tagging specifications have been developed. Below is a brief summary of these tagging specifications. Also, each format has technical information.

* [[ID3v1|ID3v1.x]]
* [[ID3v2|ID3v2.x]]
* [[Lyrics3|Lyrics3v2.x]]
* [[Vorbis comment|Vorbis comments]]
* [[APEv1]]
* [[APEv2]]
* [[Matroska tag|Matroska tags]]

To use the above tag formats you need some kind of tag editor. Most audio formats have their own program to add tags, but players like Winamp and Foobar2000 can also edit tags and there are some general tagging utilities available (see the [[Download page]]).

'''Tagging standards''' have been set by the foobar2000 community, see [[Foobar2000:Encouraged_Tag_Standards|here]].

== Common Tags ==
There are many tagging standards, and many media players, with many interpretations. The following is an outline on the basics of tagging.

=== Basic Tags ===
These tags are universal, and should work no matter what program or player you use. These are also the tags found in the ID3v1.1 spec. ''Note:'' The exact name of each field can vary from tagging standard to standard.
* ARTIST
* ALBUM
* DATE
* GENRE
* TITLE
* TRACKNUMBER
* COMMENT

=== Advanced Tags ===
These tags will get you less compatibility, but often times the basic tags aren't adequate for describing the media.
* ALBUM ARTIST
* DISC
* STYLE
* COMPOSER
* ENCODER
* COPYRIGHT
* PERFORMER
* BPM
* replaygain
* lyrics
* pictures
* and much more! (infinitely more)

=== Personalized Tags ===
The use of these tags is sometimes frowned upon, because they don't really describe the media. Nevertheless, they have widespread use.
* RATING
* ALBUM RATING
* FIRST PLAYED
* LAST PLAYED
* PLAY COUNT

== References ==
* [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=31530 Forum:Tag-standards In Plugins]
* [[Foobar2000:Encouraged_Tag_Standards]]

[[Category:Guides]]
[[Category:Metadata]]

Create a long-term archive

2006-12-08T11:35:28Z

Pepoluan: Let's start this article

Compact Disc Digital Audio

2006-12-08T11:10:22Z

Pepoluan: Reformatting, slight rewrite, add info of small CD (I forgot the size -- please confirm/correct)

'''CDDA''' -- '''Compact Disc Digital Audio''' -- is surely the most popular audio recording delivery media these days. The media itself is cheap, quality is very good, it's easy to use and it's playable virtually everywhere.

==History==

The CD format was developed as a joint cooperation between [http://www.sony.com Sony] and [http://www.philips.com Philips] in the late seventies, and was released by them as the [[Red Book]] standard in the eighties.

It was an instant success. It was introduced in the United States in 1983, and in the same year 30,000 players and 800,000 discs were sold. In 1986, the numbers raised to 3 million players and 53 million discs. In early nineties, players were selling at a rate of 9.2 million units each year, and at the same period of time an average of 288 million discs left store shelves.

Since the format was so amazingly successful, Sony and Philips got together again in 1987 to standardize Video CD (White Book). Later on, they would still cooperate in developing CD-ROM and CD-ROM XA (Yellow Book), Enhanced CD/CD Extra (Blue Book) and CD-R/CD-RW (Orange Book).

==Specifications==

[[PCM]] audio is usually pressed on CD with the following characteristics:

* [[Stereo]] sound
* 44.1kHz [[Sampling rate]]
* 16 bit depth

There are also provisions in the standard for quadraphonic audio (4 channels, 22.05kHz sampling rate), but it's very rarely used.

There is some error correction and detection code in CDDA. It's called C1 and C2 information, and is based on Reed-Solomon algorithms.

The data in a CD starts in the inside of the disc and is read in a spiral towards the outer edge. The standard defines that a CD can contain 74 minutes of audio (rumour has it that this number was decided so that Beethoven's 9th symphony would fit inside a CD). Later, manufacturers managed to push that limit to 80 minutes.

A CD is a disc of polycarbonate with a reflective layer. Pressed CDs have pits that either deflect the laser or let it pass through to the reflective layer, that way generating a binary method to store information. In the case of a CD-R, it contains a pigment that is burned by the writing laser so that the reading laser will deflect when hitting it. Parts not burned will let the laser pass through to the reflective layer.

A CD has a diameter of 12 centimeters / 4.7 inches. There's also a smaller physical format of only 8 centimeters.

==Succession Candidates?==

There are some drawbacks to the CD, and various parties have pushed [[DVD-Audio]] and [[SACD]] as replacement for CD.

==External Links==

* [http://www.licensing.philips.com/information/cd/audio/ Licensing the CD audio technology at Philips]
* [http://www.disctronics.co.uk/technology/cdbasics/cd_books.htm The meaning of each CD book colour]
* [http://www.oneoffcd.com/info/historycd.cfm History of the CD]
* [http://www.cd-rw.org/ CD-rw.org, a good resource on compact discs]