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Hi DSPGuru!
I think AacMachine deserves a new thread
Thank you for the new toy, btw ask DD to correct that Output(OGG) label to Output(AAC).

fixed in v0.11 .

btw, all AacMachine users,
please help me to collect staistics regarding AAC settings ~ results bitrates.

i want to add a bitrate predictor like we have on the OggMachine.Cheers,
Dg.

Well, this is what i call fast bug fixing.

so how's the quality comparing to Ogg ?

Do i have to do a serious test about Ogg/Aac quality listening with the internal speaker of an IBM Netvista?
Better wait 'til this evening when i'll be back home...

Originally posted by Charlieds
Do i have to do a serious test about Ogg/Aac quality listening with the internal speaker of an IBM Netvista?
Better wait 'til this evening when i'll be back home...

hehehehe

I have to say the AAC audio quality is quite impressive, though I've done no real listening tests on the home theater yet.

Needless to say my curuiosity is going to get the best of me now and I'll have to start houndng people for muxing tools...cough Nic...cough Koepi

Muxing these into MPEG4 containers doesn't seem to be a viable option ATM. I say this after having a look at the mpeg4ip player*sigh*

Ok, tested.
Source: AC3 demuxed from 2 chapters of Pearl Harbour - 5'31quot; - 3/2 348Kbps.
Encoder: PsyTEL(R) MPEG-4 AAC Encoder V2.15 (build Mar  2 2002)

Encoded with AacMachine VBR Preset -streaming.
With the same Azid/BeSweet settings AC3 to Wav with BeSweetgui, then dropped the wav on Psyteldrop (-streaming).
Compared the 2 AAC files, they are identical.
The bitrate is 125248 bps and the quality is very good.

Converted to MP4 with mp4creator60, it plays fine with MPEG4IP wmp4player, mp4player60 and Winamp.

Now, if we only could have a working DSF...lt;cough coughgt;....

Originally posted by Charlieds
Now, if we only could have a working DSF...lt;cough coughgt;....

didn't Nic wrote a DSF  ?

he did.. but it's not really very useful yet.

DanniDin made some improvments, mainly by eliminating the need of comdlg32.ocx . this activex component isn't needed anymore.
(AacMachine now works directly against comdlg32.dll)

Cheers,
Dg.

@Dg
Any chance of multi-channel support in the future?

@All
Has anyone did a quick listening test yet?

Originally posted by MaTTeR
@All
Has anyone did a quick listening test yet?

no, but i read the AAC spec and was deeply impressed (comparing to mp3) .

I think it has some potentional really. My early listening test didnt impress me yet However, the bass response was much better compared to say Vorbis. Reluctantly I have to say my subwoofer also has better bass tones with MP3 compared to Vorbis.

This weekend I'm going to try and make time to do a nice thorough listening test between Vorbis (different coupling modes) and then AAC. Then I might be able to make a better judgement