[MPlayer-users] RFC: docs update for "how to create a high quality DVD rip"

[D Richard Felker III]

On Wed, Jun 09, 2004 at 09:45:49AM +0200, H du Plooy wrote:
> On Tuesday 08 June 2004 23:10, rcooley wrote:
> > Lots of people convince themselves they hear defects in lossless audio,
> > but few really do...  At 96k, I'd be hard-pressed to tell the difference
> > between a Vorbis file and the original, and I have pretty good ears.
> > Any audio encoded to MP3 (even with lame) at less than 192k VBR sounds
> > terrible to me.  Yet with Vorbis, even at 64k, I'd say few people will
> > be able to hear even a rare artifact.  At 96k, I'd bet less than 1 in 10
> > million can hear the difference, and I sincerly doubt anybody can
> > honestly think it sounds "disgusting".
> 
> I agree completely that vorbis does a better job with audio, especially at 
> lower bitrates.   But 96kbit vorbis sounds nothing like the original.  I made 
> it through a music degree and into a professional symphony orchestra, so I 
> would dare to say my ears are pretty good too.

We're not talking about an orchestra but people talking and random
sound effects, and a little music here and there. 

BTW after the idiotic stuff you said earlier in this thread, I think
you can cut the elitism.

Rich