On Mon, 30 May 1994, Brian Behlendorf wrote:
quoted 6 lines Okay, here's the scoop. I would LOVE to do this. (btw, my vote definitely> Okay, here's the scoop. I would LOVE to do this. (btw, my vote definitely
> goes with the title "Threads"). A few problems: first off, disk space is
> becoming more of a scarcity at t.s.e., but this may change fairly soon.
> Secondly, the audio format technology is *almost* there, but not quite, to
> make this acceptible. What is acceptible in my mind? 44.1 khtz 16.bit
> stereo that can fit into something on the scale of a megabyte a minute.
Or approximately 10:1 lossless compression - which isn't something I know
is readily available in any format.
quoted 5 lines Supposedly MPEG audio has this capability, but until there are *free*> Supposedly MPEG audio has this capability, but until there are *free*
> (freeware or shareware) converters, and players (no, converting to .au
> does not count) this isn't something we should back. ADPCM supposedly
> holds promise too (Francois I'll get back to you soon) but it needs to
> be held to the same standards. 22.1 Khtz *might* be acceptible.
I'd disagree here. Anyone contributing to this comp will want their own
work to sound as good to us as it does to them, right off DAT or whatever.
Still assuming a 10:1 compression at 22.1, you're still looking at 500K
per minute, which for even a 60-minute compilation, is still big ticket
for anyone without a dedicated T1, which could do it in about 10 minutes.
For those of us suffering with campus networks that can *maybe* hit a
tenth of a T1 to the desktop, you're looking a couple of hours.
quoted 5 lines Anyways,> Anyways,
> once these problems get resolved, this will definitely be something we
> can do. I suppose for now we can put the complete songs online in .au
> format (not just samples because the musicians will themselves be putting
> it online). Bandwidth is still a consideration for many, too.
But do-able. Knowing what we know (or some of us know, anyway) about the
RMI CD debacle, would there be any interest in getting this thing pressed?
Dave
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