Re: Protocol of my 2+ hrs telephone conversation with Frank Klemm

Roberto Jos=E9 de Amorim wrote:

>It's worth mentioning that AC3 doesn't cope well with VBR. Even though
>it might be accepted by the standard, several decoders (most=20
>notably the ones from Dolby) choke on VBR streams.
>Roberto.
> =20
>
Roberto has a point here. It could be a wise decision to test especially=20
hardware AC3 decoders on their VBR performance before actually investing=20
work into a better tuned AC3 encoder. Apart from the better hardware=20
decoder support in existing DVD players and Surround receivers, i=20
personally cant see any reason to not use AAC for a new encoder format.=20
I guess Frank has made tests already, i hope he is capable of sending a=20
reply on this matter sooner or later.

Christian

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