Re: Speex Sample Files

[Mohammed Yousif <mhdyousif at gmx dot net>]

On Monday 09 December 2002 09:25, Ossama Khayaat wrote:
> Assalamou Alaikom everyone,
> I hope you enjoyed Eid vacation :)
>
> * I've recorded Al-Fatiha in 32KHz WAV PCM files and converted
> the files to speex using the options --vbr and --quality 5
> as brother Mohammad Youssef requested. This will use Ultra-Wide
> band audio and the sound is almost perfect for use.
> I created two samples. One with quality of 5 and 6.
> What I noticed is that, using quality 5, the sound is somehow
> not clear, like if it's going up-and-down, so I tested the
> quality of 6 and found it much better with little difference in
> size (quality 5 needs about 3KB a second, while quality 6 needs
> about 3.5KB). I also tried quality 7, but for some reason it
> wasn't as clear as 6, and quality 8 and higher needed about 2KB
> more for each second (about 5KB). So if we do a simple
> calculation, assuming the whole Qur'an will need about 30 hours
> of audio, the total size of the whole Qur'an would be:
> - quality 5: 3KB (1 sec) X 60 sec X  60 min X 30 hrs =~ 324MB
> - quality 6: 3.5KB (1 sec) X 60 sec X  60 min X 30 hrs =~ 378MB
> As you see, the difference is not that much, but I guess the
> sound quality if really worth it.
> I hope the sample file will soon be in the CVS directory of
> Quran project, or if not yet you download the zipped files from
> http://www.angelfire.com/linux/okhayat/fatiha_spx_q5.zip
> quality 5 and
> http://www.angelfire.com/linux/okhayat/fatiha_spx_q6.zip
> quality 6. I couldn't upload the files to the CVS because I'm
> using a connection from behind a proxy and couldn't manage to
> use CVS or WinCVS.
ok, you can encode in 6 then , I told you 5 because I found it to
be balanced at that, but whatever you see good and balanced is 
acceptable.

> * I was also thinking. Why don't we put all Ayas (verses) of
> each Sura in a separate .tar.gz so we make it easier for people
> to download separate Sura(s) and conserve space.
Good suggestion

> * About the Quran font, hopefully, the handwriter (Khattat) will
> be finished of preparing the letters soon and I'll start with
> creating the font (inshallah) as soon as possible.
ok
and thanks for all your work
keep it up :-)
-- 
Mohammed Yousif
"She is in my mind and soul, I love her with all my heart and blood".
We _will_ restore OUR Jerusalem