Subject:Audio codecs blind testing.

Posted by: SoundExpert

Date:8/16/2002 8:20:53 PM

Hi ALL,

Wellcome to the first blind competition of audio formats! SoundExpert is a rating system that helps internet community to evaluate perceptual quality of audio codecs by means of blind testing. You can participate - download your personal test file (1.5 - 2.5 Mb), listen it and send back your judgment (more details inside test file).

Now full set of audio codecs includes:

AAC: MPEG-4 Audio for QuikTime
AAC: PsyTEL(R) MPEG-4 AAC Encoder
AAC: Liquid Player Promotional
mp3: Lame 3.91
mp3: MUSICMATCH Jukebox
mp3PRO: Nero mp3PRO Encoder Plugin
OggVorbis: OggEnc v1.0
QDesign Music 2: QDesign Music Encoder 2 Pro
RealAudio 8: RealJukebox 2
WMA 8: Windows Media 8 Encoding Utility

Don't forget to take part in testing.

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