Re: [codec] WG Review: Internet Wideband Audio Codec (codec)

[Dean Willis <[e-mail]>]

On Jan 5, 2010, at 11:47 AM, Richard Shockey wrote:
>>
>> At this point an audio codec is going to have to save a huge amount  
>> ot
>> bandwidth to be worth the hassle, let alone the cost of using
>> encumbered technology.
>
> Its not about the bandwidth. Its about the quality of the voice in
> occasionally lossy networks landline or mobile.

Also critically, it's about the latency introduced by the coder/ 
decoder and by any buffering necessary to account for variable latency  
in the network.

Streaming MP3 might sound really good, but it does so at the expense  
of lots of buffering that compensates for the variable latency of the  
network and associated TCP transport. Trying to use it for a phone  
call would not work so well, unless you're used to making phone calls  
to someplace well outside lunar orbit.

--
Dean