From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 14 07:26:06 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C0D6106564A for ; Sat, 14 Mar 2009 07:26:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr3.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr3.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.23]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F28DE8FC14 for ; Sat, 14 Mar 2009 07:26:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr3.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n2E7Q32N090173; Sat, 14 Mar 2009 08:26:03 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id C87E2BA8C; Sat, 14 Mar 2009 08:26:02 +0100 (CET) Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2009 08:26:02 +0100 From: Roland Smith To: Gary Kline Message-ID: <20090314072602.GA75036@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <20090313191520.GA14233@thought.org> <20090313202226.GA47453@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <20090314030558.GB25027@thought.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="tThc/1wpZn/ma/RB" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090314030558.GB25027@thought.org> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.19 (2009-01-05) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: Wojciech Puchar , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: best archiver? (for music) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2009 07:26:06 -0000 --tThc/1wpZn/ma/RB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 08:05:59PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > > lame -h -V 3 - nobody could tell the difference, it gives <200kbps bitr= ate > > lame -h -b 192 - as above > > lame -h -b 128 - they were able to tell difference, but not on all=20 > > music/songs > >=20 > > lame -h -b 96 - i was able to tell the difference on every song, but it= =20 > > wasn't really huge deal. > my hearing is exceptionally good and while call myself an > audiophile, having all my tunes right here at fingertips is=20 > a major win. having said that, can you point me to a basic > tutorial on lame?=20 man lame > i've got 1581620 blocks of mp3 @ 128kbit. > lectures. when i tried to cut the quality even by a bit it was > evident immediately. rar compresses these file to > 1482404 blocks very very slowly. it probably makes sense to just > burn the mp3 files to a dvd and be safe. =20 There is a special codec for speech. You'll find it the audio/speex port. From the pkg-descr: The Speex is a patent-free, Open Source/Free Software voice codec. Unlike other codecs like MP3 and Ogg Vorbis, Speex is designed to compress voice at bitrates in the 2-45 kbps range. Possible applications include VoIP, Internet audio streaming, archiving of speech data (e.g. voice mail), and audio books. In some sense, it is meant to be complementary to the Ogg Vorbis codec. This might perform better at compressing lectures. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --tThc/1wpZn/ma/RB Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkm7XAoACgkQEnfvsMMhpyUHAwCfayj6RxtS9B9oFZXeswPuyVCY WpUAoI+Nz848LqaIcAttpmtJPu+G2/eB =Vkr1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --tThc/1wpZn/ma/RB--