Re: Opus 1.3-beta is here
Reply #81 – 2018-01-09 08:34:38
@IgorC Until now there isn't much help from you for Opus beta (actually no help at all). So any suggestions or obsrervations for 1.3 beta? Sorry about getting way off topic. Ill stop commenting on others posts on this topic with Apple AAC bit rates etc. but anyways... as for the v1.3 beta... I don't think ill be of much help from what I can tell testing Opus v1.2.1 with 48-64kbps bit rate ranges because given the song I quickly tested (i.e. 'Desperation' by Steppenwolf) with Opus v1.2.1 @ 48kbps and 64kbps settings I could not say I noticed any obvious differences as I only notice obvious differences with Apple AAC (AAC-LC) when going to the setting just below the 64kbps (i.e. q27 TVBR) one which is q18 TVBR (i.e. 56kbps) and Opus at those ranges is still not obvious to detect artifacts for me (at least based on that single song I tested fairly quickly) as it does not have that muffled sound that's easy for me to detect on the AAC-LC @ 56kbps. so Opus at low bit rates must be clearly better than AAC-LC (Apple) at those low bit rates. but being you tested Opus @ 32kbps, which I can tell sounds noticeably worse than even the 48kbps+ range, would I be correct in saying that any improvements the developer is attempting to make at those low rates would be difficult to detect between v1.2.1 and v1.3 beta? ; because if so, it makes me wonder how one improves things if someone don't have any pretty reliable information to provide the developer. or is there simply some people they know and trust to make these observations at those low bit rates etc? but I did get that "Java ABC/HR" program from RareWares loaded onto the Windows 10 Laptop but recently I installed Mint Linux v18.3 Cinnamon x64 because maybe you have heard that recently after the Windows 10 update from 16299.125 to 16299.192 it stopped peoples PC's running some AMD CPU's from booting into Windows 10. but apparently Microsoft is aware of this issue and is working on a fix. but I might just leave Linux Mint on that 10 year old laptop I got as it seems to work well enough for what I use it for (as a bonus the touchpad fully works on Mint Linux where as even when Windows 10 was working the right side of the touchpad used to scroll web pages etc simply did not work on Windows 10 on my Laptop) as it's just my backup computer. but since that ABC/HR program works on Java I probably could get that working on Mint Linux I suspect assuming it plays the audio files fine etc (I am pretty much a Linux noobie).