Re: [codec] draft test and processing plan for the IETF Codec

Paul Coverdale <coverdale@sympatico.ca> Sat, 16 April 2011 11:42 UTC

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From: Paul Coverdale <coverdale@sympatico.ca>
To: 'Koen Vos' <koen.vos@skype.net>, 'Anisse Taleb' <anisse.taleb@huawei.com>
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Subject: Re: [codec] draft test and processing plan for the IETF Codec
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Hi Koen,

You mean that VoIP applications have no filtering at all, not even
anti-aliassing?

...Paul

>-----Original Message-----
>From: codec-bounces@ietf.org [mailto:codec-bounces@ietf.org] On Behalf
>Of Koen Vos
>Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2011 1:04 AM
>To: Anisse Taleb
>Cc: codec@ietf.org
>Subject: Re: [codec] draft test and processing plan for the IETF Codec
>
>Hi Anisse,
>
>I noticed your plan tests with band-limited signals: Narrowband signals
>are
>filtered from 300-4000 Hz, Wideband from 50-7000 Hz, Superwideband from
>50-14000 Hz.
>
>However, VoIP applications have no such band-pass filters (which degrade
>quality and add complexity).  So results will be more informative to the
>WG
>and potential adopters of the codec if the testing avoids band-pass
>filtering as well.  We want test conditions to mimic the real world as
>closely as possible.
>
>Instead of band-pass filtering, tests on speech could use a simple high-
>pass
>filter with a cutoff around 50 Hz, as many VoIP applications do indeed
>have
>such a filter.
>
>best,
>koen.
>
>