OT: ogg file blind, listening test

[Leo Mauler]

--- Brian Kelsay <Brian.Kelsay at kcc.usda.gov> wrote:

> So Leo, what is the file size difference?  I go with
> 128K, because, for my ears, it's good enough.  And
> the songs take about 3-4MB each.  I have about 40GB
> of music.  Over 200 CDs worth.
> 
> Brian Kelsay

Well, my 192K OGG file is 4 minutes in length, takes
up about 5MB.  The same track encoded as a 256K MP3,
takes up a little over 9MB.  The encoding ratios are
8:1 (11%) for the OGG file, 4:1 (20%) for the MP3.

Heck, I'd switch to OGG myself except that I don't
have a portable OGG player yet.

> >>> Leo Mauler <> 10/14/04 09:25PM >>>
> I got curious about this one and decided to do an
> experiment.
> 
> I ripped an Audio CD I have, and converted the same
> ripped uncompressed track into both a 256K MP3 and a
> 192K OGG.
> 
> I'm listening to both of them on shuffle, and I
> honestly can't tell the difference between the two. 
> In fact, I'd have to look at the Totem player just
> to
> tell which type of music file, OGG or MP3, that I'm
> listening to at the moment.
> 
> So I think its pretty safe to save space by
> converting
> your 256K MP3 files into 192K OGG files.
> 
> 
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