What audio codec should I use for a site? - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

Speed_Gibson · 03-28-2008, 07:37 AM

Hello everyone,
in this case the site will be a section on one of my sites that will showcase commercials from the golden age of radio. I have plenty of resources to use from my OTR collection for the source audio, just looking for input as to what codec may go over best.
Any decent media player should be able to handle any of the codecs listed below.
My personal top choices are:
hybrid wavpack - just posting the lossy file obviously (likely setting the bitrate in the 128 kb/s range in wavpack frontend) as the correction file puts the size up there with FLAC and APE
MP4 - very fond of AAC, and Compaact! works wonderfully
Ogg-Vorbis - probably using a low but decent VBR setting in foobar2k

MP3 in nowhere near that list as there are far better choices out there now in my opinion.

the file size should not be too bad as most of these commercials are 30-60 seconds at most.

any input is appreciated. Now to figure out how to achieve the look in my head

,my experience is much more on the audio side than visual. ....wanders off to look at some of those bookmarked GIMP tutorials again

Hain · 03-28-2008, 09:08 AM

My favorite would have to be the WavPack hybrid lossless. That said, I know that FLAC will probably be the most popular lossless codec for a long time.

I performed tests and found that WavPack, even when in hybrid mode (-b2.0 -c -cc -hh), created a smaller set of lossless files than FLAC (1.2.1 @ 8). APE is still the supreme champ at creating small lossless files, but I foresee fading away as development seems to have stopped. WavPack and FLAC will catch up with it, and will one day surpass it.

Other thoughts: "Since you are going with the non-conventional formats..." click to show

I really suggested HA and FB2K (I edited that out) too soon. I just read your reply to my post in The Open-source/Freeware thread, and I don't have to preach.

03-28-2008, 07:37 AM	#1 (permalink)
Speed_Gibson Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? Location: right here of course	What audio codec should I use for a site? Hello everyone, in this case the site will be a section on one of my sites that will showcase commercials from the golden age of radio. I have plenty of resources to use from my OTR collection for the source audio, just looking for input as to what codec may go over best. Any decent media player should be able to handle any of the codecs listed below. My personal top choices are: hybrid wavpack - just posting the lossy file obviously (likely setting the bitrate in the 128 kb/s range in wavpack frontend) as the correction file puts the size up there with FLAC and APE MP4 - very fond of AAC, and Compaact! works wonderfully Ogg-Vorbis - probably using a low but decent VBR setting in foobar2k MP3 in nowhere near that list as there are far better choices out there now in my opinion. the file size should not be too bad as most of these commercials are 30-60 seconds at most. any input is appreciated. Now to figure out how to achieve the look in my head ,my experience is much more on the audio side than visual. ....wanders off to look at some of those bookmarked GIMP tutorials again __________________ Started talking to yourself I see. Yes, it's the only way I can be certain of an intelligent conversation. Black Adder

03-28-2008, 09:08 AM	#2 (permalink)
Hain has a plan Location: middle of Whywouldanyonebethere	My favorite would have to be the WavPack hybrid lossless. That said, I know that FLAC will probably be the most popular lossless codec for a long time. I performed tests and found that WavPack, even when in hybrid mode (-b2.0 -c -cc -hh), created a smaller set of lossless files than FLAC (1.2.1 @ 8). APE is still the supreme champ at creating small lossless files, but I foresee fading away as development seems to have stopped. WavPack and FLAC will catch up with it, and will one day surpass it. Other thoughts: "Since you are going with the non-conventional formats..." click to show Since you are going with the non-conventional formats, you might as well spring for the full extras package and get Rehash to hash your files (MD5 and TIGER hashes are popular these days) and propose to users that they should install HashTab. More info just start skimming this TFP thread here. I really suggested HA and FB2K (I edited that out) too soon. I just read your reply to my post in The Open-source/Freeware thread, and I don't have to preach. __________________ ////\\// IRONSKY.NET \\//\\\\ Last edited by Hain; 03-28-2008 at 09:18 AM.. Reason: Automerged Doublepost