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Jet Audio v5 beta 4 with full mp3PRO support

Reply #25 –
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Where did aacPlus come from.  I think I have been away for too long.

It comes from Coding Technologies.

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please supply link so I can download aacPlus encoder and decoder.


There is no publically available version, because this MPEG-4 extension hasn't been standardized by the committee yet. This will happen in May 2003 according to their time schedule. Nevertheless important hardware manufactures are already signing contracts with Coding Technologies for a future hardware implementation of aacPlus:

http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/021212/120071_1.html

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does this also apply to aac and aacPlus i.e. aacPlus is better than aac at low bitrates but aac is better than aacPlus at high bitrates?


Yes, that's why I mentioned this "border line" between both formats where plain AAC will sound better than aacPlus.

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Are any of them better than ogg at low bitrates.  Im asking this because the last time a was here (which was a few months ago) ogg was best at lowbit rates


It depends on who you ask: I've stopped considering Vorbis to be an alternative for low bitrates since the c't test, but others will tell you that it's the greatest thing on earth (and beyond). So there's no other chance than to do some own comparisons if you really wanna know this for yourself and your preferences in music etc. Perhaps the GUI you developed back then would serve you well for this purpose. 

By the way, besides my favorite codec in that test (FhG AAC, not available publically) I also liked WMA9 at 64 kbps, even a little bit more than mp3PRO. So perhaps you should also compare this format to others, if you are considering to encode anything at these low bitrates.
ZZee ya, Hans-Jürgen
BLUEZZ BASTARDZZ - "That lil' ol' ZZ Top cover band from Hamburg..."
INDIGO ROCKS - "Down home rockin' blues. Tasty as strudel."

Jet Audio v5 beta 4 with full mp3PRO support

Reply #26 –
The upgrade to the retail version of Jet-Audio 4.xx was released recently. You can encode to MP3 and MP3Pro only if you've bought the retail version of jetAudio 4.xx and upgraded it. By the way, jetAudio has been my favourite player for quite some time now. If you compare jetAudio 5.0 to winamp3, then jetAudio is a gift from heaven. winamp3 is the most sc@#w*d-up player I've ever come across in my life. It hogs up resources like mad and takes an eternity to load on my machine. Anyway, jetAudio's installation package is big since it also bundles M$ Media codecs along with the actual program. Considering what it can do, IMHO, it's not that bad. I still like it.

Jet Audio v5 beta 4 with full mp3PRO support

Reply #27 –
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Are any of them better than ogg at low bitrates.  Im asking this because the last time a was here (which was a few months ago) ogg was best at lowbit rates


At bit rates of 64 kbps and less, AAC+ is definitely better than Vorbis (or anything else) - but you will have to trust on my word until AAC+SBR encoders start to appear in end-user software

Jet Audio v5 beta 4 with full mp3PRO support

Reply #28 –
So does the "Basic" version of JetAudio v5 convert to mp3 or mp3Pro as it stands?

Or do you have to buy an upgrade to do this?

The JetAudio site is not clear about this.

Jet Audio v5 beta 4 with full mp3PRO support

Reply #29 –
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So does the "Basic" version of JetAudio v5 convert to mp3 or mp3Pro as it stands?

Or do you have to buy an upgrade to do this?

The JetAudio site is not clear about this.

No, not yet, because the release of the MP3/mp3PRO extension from Jan 8, 2003 is only for the older v4.x. Probably they will come out with an extension for v5.0 soon, but it will cost some money (nobody knows how much at the moment, though).
ZZee ya, Hans-Jürgen
BLUEZZ BASTARDZZ - "That lil' ol' ZZ Top cover band from Hamburg..."
INDIGO ROCKS - "Down home rockin' blues. Tasty as strudel."

Jet Audio v5 beta 4 with full mp3PRO support

Reply #30 –
Thanks.  So basically it does not do what it says on the packet unless you spend more money.  To date they cannot say how much or when this will happen.  Shame on JetAudio.