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Polls / 2024 Format Poll [Lossy/Semi-Lossy]
Last post by MihaiPopa12346 -
My second poll, thank you!  :)

This is a lossy/semi-lossy format poll.  ;D  ;D

Remember: FSLAC, IMA ADPCM, Microsoft ADPCM, Quite OK Audio (QOA) and LossyWAV are so called semi-lossy formats and not truly lossy. They only use quantization and not other methods to compress audio.  :P

Also remember: TSAC and Encodec are neural audio formats.  8)

Vote as fast as you can! :D

There are so many formats, which a part of them, people use rarely.  ::)
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Support - (fb2k) / Re: Selection text color and background in Library tree is not applied from prefs
Last post by Electriq -
Another and much older issue with the background color of the Library tree:
Sometimes after unlocking Windows from the sleep mode the background turns to the gray. The screenshot is attached. The issue is not regular (or maybe depends on the sleep mode and does not appear when just locking the screen). Any repaint like minimize/maximize window or moving the split bar returns the black background. Foobar2000 version 2.1.2, Windows 11.
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Other Lossy Codecs / Re: TSAC: Very Low Bitrate Audio Compression
Last post by MihaiPopa12346 -
Also I attached a speech sample compressed as TSAC @ 3 kbps (setting: -q 4, file size: 1.3 KB) using a Intel i5-4460 CPU (was a pain on compression speed because I don't have a Nvidia GPU, but it worked OK).

Full command line:

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E:\tsac-2024-04-08-win64>tsac -m E:\tsac-2024-04-08-win64\dac_mono_q8.bin -M E:\tsac-2024-04-08-win64\tsac_mono_q8.bin -q 4 c "C:\Users\Public\New folder (14)\New folder (2)\New folder (2)\New folder (3)\New folder (2)\speech_female_input.wav" "C:\Users\Public\New folder (14)\New folder (2)\New folder (2)\New folder (3)\New folder (2)\speech_female_input.tsac"
E:\tsac-2024-04-08-win64>tsac -m E:\tsac-2024-04-08-win64\dac_mono_q8.bin -M E:\tsac-2024-04-08-win64\tsac_mono_q8.bin d "C:\Users\Public\New folder (14)\New folder (2)\New folder (2)\New folder (3)\New folder (2)\speech_female_input.tsac" "C:\Users\Public\New folder (14)\New folder (2)\New folder (2)\New folder (3)\New folder (2)\speech_female_output.wav"

Made with Elevenlabs (Glinda voice).

What I feed in TTS: "Is anyone compressing music and speech in such tiny space?"

Please check input and output (compressed as FLAC, because it fits within the 30 MB of files per post limit for the forum). ABX them, and listen them carefully. Post the results when done!

Also attached: TSAC version of the output.
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Ogg Vorbis - Tech / Re: Vorbis 1.3.7 aoTuV and Lancer patches
Last post by john33 -
It would appear that this is due to the Intel compiler, VS compiles do not exhibit this problem. I will replace the compiles on RareWares over the next day, or so. It's probably time to retire all the outdated Intel compiles. It may take a few days, but I'll look to replace all such compiles.
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Support - (fb2k) / Re: Resampler dbpoweramp/SSRC and RetroArch do not null, why?
Last post by .halverhahn -
Update:

This happens when I'm resampling 20x times Source (192kHz)  to 48kHz, 96kHz, 48kHz, 96kHz....

Nulling the first resample against the 20x resample (used the same resampler).

dbpoweramp/SSRC looks awfull.

Used resamplers:
foobar2000 2.1.5 Resampler dbpoweramp/SSRC
foo_dsp_resampler 0.8.7+ (SoX)

Please see screenshots
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Listening Tests / Re: Personal blind sound quality comparison of xHE-AAC, Ogg Vorbis, and TSAC
Last post by 2012 -
Quote from: C.R.Helmrich on
but they don't scale to transparency... at least not in 2024.

They don't target transparency, which is why I think it would be more useful if:

* Samples used in tests are not handpicked for being challenging, but picked for being representative of average everyday use (talk show, pop music, ..etc).

* Classical codecs are tested at a much lower bitrate than in this test. Maybe a something in the range of 32-48kbps.