Alndln Posted March 2, 2001 Share Posted March 2, 2001 Maybe I'm slow, but I just recently discoverd this format by accident during a web search.I downloaded a short promo version of a song from an unknown artist and the cool thing was you don't need a player to play it,just click on the icon and a little box pops up with a picture of the artist and scrolling visual info and begins playing the song.The quality seemed a little better than Mp3, but since I have no idea of the quality of the original recording I'm not sure.Anyway here's a link for some downloadables www.globalmusic.com/cybermp4/ Anyone have any info on this format,or any info on encoders? "A Robot Playing Trumpet Blows" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uh Clem Posted March 2, 2001 Share Posted March 2, 2001 Well - duh, the links are ".exe" files - at least the ones I saw. No wonder no player is needed - it is an application. My browser is set to trap stuff like than and offer to save on disc (so it can be virus scanned 1st). Be careful what you click on. Steve Powell - Bull Moon Digital www.bullmoondigital.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alndln Posted March 3, 2001 Author Share Posted March 3, 2001 None of the stuff that I downloaded were apps, just songs like I said .Heres a better link for some shorter examples http://www.mpegx.com/songs.shtml/ I'm not shure if these work on a mac yet.After I played them I double checked to see if anything was installed.....Nada. It is rather strange that they are .exe's. It's probably like those Dos apps you clik on.Anyway so far they're no more harmless than an mp3. This message has been edited by Alndln@hotmail.com on 03-03-2001 at 06:19 AM "A Robot Playing Trumpet Blows" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uh Clem Posted March 3, 2001 Share Posted March 3, 2001 nope they are EXEcutable files - otherwise know as programs, applications - any of which could be or carry a virus. - they are probably platform specific as well - that is they'll either run(execute) on Mac or Windows but not both. What platform did you run them on? Windows? Anyone get them to run on a Mac? Could it be the promised land Java app? I saved one to disk (some sort of Allanis Morrisette sounding copy thing) - check the properties and Windows says file type: application I scanned it - clean, no viruses. I launched it - sure enough it shows up as an executing application and task in the Windows task manager. The audio quality was not spectacular, although I did not have the original to compare to. any audio file cannot play back on a computer without a player of some sort - these apparently carry the player and audio data in one executable file. This message has been edited by stevepow on 03-03-2001 at 12:30 PM Steve Powell - Bull Moon Digital www.bullmoondigital.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvster Posted March 3, 2001 Share Posted March 3, 2001 More about MPEG-4 here: http://www.cselt.it/mpeg/standards/mpeg-4/mpeg-4.htm And here: http://www.cselt.it/mpeg/faq/faq-audio.htm#33 MPEG-4 basically bakes audio (including multi-channel), video, synthesis, and other coolio things into one standard. As for audio quality, it uses AAC compression (I think), so it's probably more accurate to say that its audio is more "efficient" -- smaller file sizes for better quality. It'll take a while -- maybe a long while -- for enough people and players to support it for the format to replace MP3, but it is the next logical step. (It also might interest you to know that MP3.com has MP4.com registered!) Marv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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