I really like the up to date (20020704 as of writing) ogg tools at Rarewares, but I think at least for OggDropXPd there should be a stable (RC3) Version, for those who don't want to play around with the latest and greatest.
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I already mailed your request to John33.

I asked for fast RC3 libraries too.

The files should be up soon.

Regards;

Roberto.

Great...
Is he going to do an OggDec/oggenc Compile, too? Would be nice, because I'd like to see an ICL6 compile of the RC3 oggenc.
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The OggEnc would be worth trying. (And testing against Alex's compile)

But would there be any reason to compile a RC3 version of Oggdec?

I would believe pe-RC4 decoding code works as well as RC3's one, with probably some efficiancy tweaks.

Regards;

Roberto.

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I have uploaded RC3 - ICL 6.0 compiles of oggenc and oggdrop (as it was then) to Roberto. I didn't bother to do a RC3 compile of oggdec as the decoding has essentially been fixed since before RC3 anyway.

I haven't done any comparative speed testing. I am sure you can manage that!

The RC3 files are already available, as well as a new batch of daily binaries.

Regards;

Roberto.

Arn't the decoding libraries static with the 1.0 bitstream spec? Or are you speaking of something else?

There have already been lots of decoding library changes in the CVS.

I would believe these are some minor changes, like killing an eventual bug and increasing performance.

Regards;

Roberto.

okay, I just did some quick and dirty (only one file at -q 5) benchmarking with some oggenc compiles:

oggenc RC3 ICL5 (alex):


oggenc RC3 ICL6 (john):


oggenc RC3 official (vorbis.com):


oggenc 20020706 ICL6 (john):


As I said, this was just a quick and dirty test and I will test more (more samples + a Linux gcc 2.95 + 3.1 compile) tomorrow (when I'm not as drunk anymore).
The only thing that really became clear with this test is the massive speed increase in pre-RC4.

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test machine: PIII 500 320MB RAM, Win2000
test sample: At The Drive-In - Pattern Against User (live)
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