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Subject: Re: compression tools
From: "Eric B. Mitchell" <emitchell () altaira ! com>
Date: 1998-09-22 22:49:57
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There is an implementation of the adpcm algorithms available in the
Speak Freely package: http://www.fourmilab.ch/speakfree/
Off topic: Although, I'm wonder if anyone has implemented the adaptive
audio compression algorithms from Dr. Dobbs a few months ago...
Chris Bagwell wrote:
>
> I can only speak from the point of view of *free*. Best quality is only
> going to come with buying something from the likes of RealAudio.
>
> Besides that, I've had good luck with various ADPCM formats. Both IMA
> ADPCM and Microsoft ADPCM can convert 16-bit audio into 4-bit audio
> which results in a considerable compression. Plus realtime
> compression/decompression is easy on even limited machines (even 386s).
> Sound quality holds up remarkably well. Right now its probably easiest
> to convert your samples into .wav files under windows as it includes
> codecs for both of those versions.
>
> I've implemented the decoder portion into sox but haven't gotten around
> to adding the encoder (although the algorithms are readily available).
> You could use that to listen to the streaming audio. IMA ADPCM was
> designed to support streaming (recovery from lost blocks of data)
> although I haven't seen any decoders take advantage of this. You can
> grab a copy of sox with this support from:
>
> http://home.sprynet.com/sprynet/cbagwell/projects.html
>
> There is also a RAW IMA ADPCM encoder/decoder available on the net that
> compiles under most versions of unix. Do a search for adpcm.shar.
>
> Hope it helps,
> Chris
>
> Florin Andrei wrote:
> >
> > I need some real-time compression tools, wich can provide a reasonable
> > sound quality and a good compression ratio.
[snip]
> > Any suggestions?
> > Florin Andrei
>
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> Chris Bagwell | Fujitsu Network Communications
> mailto:cbagwell@tddtx.fujitsu.com | Richardson, Texas
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