good ol' netrek :)
from
http://www.xiph.org/xiphname.html :
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An 'Ogg' is a tactical maneuver from the network game 'Netrek' that has entered common usage in a
wider sense. From the definition:
3. To do anything forcefully, possibly without consideration of the drain on future resources. "I
guess I'd better go ogg the problem set that's due tomorrow." "Whoops! I looked down at the map for
a sec and almost ogged that oncoming car."
Vorbis, on the other hand is named after the Terry Pratchett character from the book _Small Gods_.
The name holds some significance, but it's an indirect, uninteresting story.
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if you're happy with 192kbps mp3's, you will be even happier with 128kbps vorbis encoded files.
96kbps is times on-par and at other times sub-par of 192kbps mp3, depending on the content.
-=dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "Irene McC" <substar@iafrica.com>
To: <JKnapman@PFS.Co.UK>; <idm@hyperreal.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 9:36 AM
Subject: [idm] Ogg vs MP3 encoding
quoted 33 lines On 16 Apr 2003 at 9:14, Knapman, James wrote:
> On 16 Apr 2003 at 9:14, Knapman, James wrote:
>
> > Oh, and all this was before I discovered Ogg Vorbis anyway. Which is
> > much better (and smaller).
>
> Is it really smaller? With all this talk, I have Ogg'd my first
> track ever. To do a true comparison, I used 128kbit compression and
> compressed the same 4:09min track to Ogg Vorbis (file totals 4,088
> kb) and the same track at 128 kbits MP3'd comes to a total of 3,906
> kb.
>
> Obviously this is a tiny difference in size (and who said that size
> matters anyway, harrrrhargh).
>
> What compression rate do you recommend for Ogg? I just used Sound
> Forge, which offers 96, 128 and 320. I haven't installed a specific
> Ogg-ing device! Up to now I've been encoding MP3's using 192 kbits.
>
> Sorry to all who consider this thread OT. You are welcome to respond
> directly and not to the IDM list (please don't bother flaming).
>
> But I have to ask this : where does the name Ogg Vorbis come from,
> and what does it mean?
>
> I
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