STATUS of a Public Multiformat Listening Test (Jan 2014)

[IgorC]

This thread is dedicated to reflect a stage of a new public test.
Stage: Preparation.
It's a holiday time. So there won't be a lot of activity in these days.

Bitrate: 96 kbps.

Participating codecs:
LAME 3.99.5 -V5
Apple AAC CVBR 96 - 101.5 kbps
Opus 1.1 --bitrate 96 kbps - 101.7 kbps
Vorbis b6.03. aoTuV -q2.2 - 101.5 kbps
+middle-low anchor FAAC 96 kbps
+low anchor

Agenda (can be changed)
A choice of codecs. December 8 – December 18 DONE
Bitrate verification, a choice of settings – December 19 – December 23-25. DONE
Sample selection - December 25-26 – January 8. DONE. Selection
Checking all conditions, preparations, dummy packages  

[kamedo2]

Remaining TODO list as of May 11 2014:

Selecting low anchor. (picking codec that is bad enough to be an anchor, like l3enc, Blade, etc...)
Check encoder parameters and conditions.
Prepare packages.
Prepare info pages. (like listening-tests.hydrogenaud.io/igorc/aac-96-a/index.htm )
Advertising. (On Hydrogenaudio and possibly on slashdot)

Starting a public listening test

[kamedo2]

Remaining TODO list as of June 23 2014:

Selecting low anchor. (picking codec that is bad enough to be an anchor, like l3enc, Blade, etc...) DONE
Check encoder parameters and conditions. DONE
Prepare info pages. (Prototype)
Prepare packages.
Advertising. (On Hydrogenaudio and possibly on slashdot)

Starting a public listening test

[kamedo2]

Remaining TODO list as of July 13 2014:

Selecting low anchor. (picking codec that is bad enough to be an anchor, like l3enc, Blade, etc...) DONE
Check encoder parameters and conditions. DONE
Upload info pages. (Prototype)
Prepare packages #17 ~ #40.
Advertising. (On Hydrogenaudio)

Starting a public listening test

[kamedo2]

The listening test is closed and results are available.