Think of it in terms of an MP3. Telephone voice quality is 8Kbps; FM radio
is roughly equivalent to 22KHz, 56Kbps; CDs are 16-bit (24-bit for HDCDs)
44KHz, 128Kbps, whereas DVD AC3 audio is 16 or 24-bit, 48KHz, 224Kbps.
The audio format used in VideoCDs is also slightly different from CD
quality.
SWB
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eben King" <eben1@tampabay.rr.com>
To: <slug@nks.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 5:50 PM
Subject: Re: [SLUG] music without guilt
> On Tue, 29 Jul 2003, Steven Buehler wrote:
>
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> > Hash: SHA1
> >
> > On Tuesday 29 July 2003 02:09 pm, you wrote:
> > > Audio CDs are fixed at 224 Kbps. Since you get much lower fidelity,
you
> > > should pay less. I have a problem with apple making profit when they
> > > are doing next to nothing to earn it. I guess we just have to vote
with
> > > our money...
> >
> > I think you mean DVD. Audio CD if I remember correctly is 16-bit,
44KHz,
>
> Gotcha so far.
>
> > 128Kbps
>
> I disagree with the math:
>
> [eben@pc eben]$ echo '3k 16 2* 44100* 1024 1024*/p' | dc
> 1.345
>
> So about 1.3 Mbps, unless my math is off.
>
> --
> -eben ebQenW1@EtaRmpTabYayU.rIr.OcoPm home.tampabay.rr.com/hactar
> SAGITTARIUS: All your friends are laughing behind your back... kill
> them. Take down all those naked pictures of Ernest Borgnine you've got
> hanging in your den. -- Weird Al, _Your Horoscope for Today_
>
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