New Nero with MPEG4-AAC plugin [Archive]

JohnV

19th December 2002, 01:57

ftp://ftp.nero.com/nero55100.exe

With MPEG-4 AAC support
Trial limited to 50 encodings and 30 days of decoding.

Ahead MPEG4 developer Ivan Dimkovic explains here (http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?act=ST&f=2&t=4966) how to get the best quality out of it.

vinouz

19th December 2002, 13:53

Cool - as it seems I'll be considering switching back from ogm/vorbis to MP4/AAC. Sound quality from what people tend to say on hydrogen audio is similar (some argueiing for ogg, some for AAC. My goal being very small bitrate (I usually set ogg audio at -1 to get a little more video data, which I'm always more attentive to, as in my perception, Ogg@-1 audio is sufficient for most movies, and you don't notice anything, but some more bits on video streams are always welcome)), I think I won't gain from AAC (LC?), or until SBR is implemented. But with 3ivx filter supporting MP4, and Xvid so damn advanced now, an XCD Xvid/AAC MP4 seems like a very interesting option, in terms of both the best quality and compatibility issues (that for me comes later, as I don't plan on buying a DVD player, or then I'll buy a DVD burner....).

Vincent