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   m4rcone@xs4a11.nl to Michael B. Trausch   
   Re: Zeta review on OS News...   
   03 Nov 03 20:08:50   
   
   Michael B. Trausch  wrote:   
   > You also gotta think about the fact that Ogg Vorbis' compression algorithm   
   > is slightly more superior.  For two identical songs, ripped from the same   
   > track, and using a fixed rate 128Kbps encoder, I see on the average, a 10%   
   > savings.   
      
   Again, nonsense. If the file encoded to Ogg Vorbis is 10% smaller, then   
   its bitrate is not 128kbit, but about 115kbit. Now, you may very well   
   have specified "128 kbit" when you encoded it, but that doesn't change   
   the fact the encoder actually ended up using a lower bitrate.   
      
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