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ulc-codec Demonstration 20210821

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New and updated format

Many milestones were surpassed between this posting and the last, and quality has improved on all fronts. Higher bitrate (96kbps, 128kbps) demos of this song and others are available on GitHub.
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Re-equalized track

Because of the GBA's 8bit audio DAC, I had to perform a lot of equalization to get the track to sound right. After listening to it a lot more and comparing to the original, I realized I wasn't doing it justice and started the equalization process from scratch; sounds a lot closer to the original now. May have gone overboard on the bass, though...

Latest build

Hadn't intended to update on here any further, but made a major breakthrough in quality. Additionally, new interface should look more slick.

Rebuild with latest source/tools

Quality improvements from new a quantizer selection strategy. Not all /that/ noticeable in this demo (especially from an integer DCT), but more high-frequency bands are kept now, making things sound 'clearer'.

Rebuild with latest source/tools

  • Fixed a bug that might've caused audio glitching when Timer1 interrupt was interrupted by VBlank interrupt
  • Minor improvements to quantizer optimization in encoder
  • Micro-optimizations in DCT-II/DCT-IV routines
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  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    @Veho, where's the poll at?
  • Veho @ Veho:
    https://anbernic.com/blogs/news/get-your-game-on-meet-the-anbernic-rg-cube
  • Julie_Pilgrim @ Julie_Pilgrim:
    they're giving the internet an open text box?
  • BigOnYa @ BigOnYa:
    I never played or own any of they devices, but I like small style, but with a somewhat grip
  • Julie_Pilgrim @ Julie_Pilgrim:
    oh man, that always goes great!
  • Julie_Pilgrim @ Julie_Pilgrim:
    im sure half the responses won't be literal racial slurs or "drop table" jokes
  • Veho @ Veho:
    Look, it's China. They know what it's like when you give a poll to half a billion trolls.
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    How much dollar do you think it is?
  • Veho @ Veho:
    ONE MILLION DOLLA
  • Veho @ Veho:
    I know the pricing of electronics nowadays isn't "how much it actually costs" but "how much we can get away with", but putting up a poll is just cynical.
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    Probably $150 someone said Anbernic said around the same price as rg556
  • Julie_Pilgrim @ Julie_Pilgrim:
    you know which game i wish they would rerelease
  • Julie_Pilgrim @ Julie_Pilgrim:
    sonic unleashed
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    Make it a happy meal toy
  • Julie_Pilgrim @ Julie_Pilgrim:
    that game's engine is really fucking intensive so it runs like literal shit on xbox 360 and ps3
  • Veho @ Veho:
    Nah I'm getting value creep again. I look at a $50 console "but for just a few more dollars you could get XYZ" and I end up considering the Steam Deck.
  • Julie_Pilgrim @ Julie_Pilgrim:
    like the lighting in that game was genuinely so good
  • Veho @ Veho:
    Not getting dragged into that again.
  • Julie_Pilgrim @ Julie_Pilgrim:
    i dont get why they didn't port the one game that ran the worst on consoles, to pc
  • Julie_Pilgrim @ Julie_Pilgrim:
    like you port everything to pc except the one game where it would make the most sense. why. what do you gain from this
  • Julie_Pilgrim @ Julie_Pilgrim:
    is sega just personally fucking with me? are they laughing while watching me through my kinect camera as i get up to restart my xbox for the third time because the game froze again
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    Buy handhelds from five below better quality
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    Valve probably going to do another refresh of the deck this fall with rog ally like specs tbh
  • Veho @ Veho:
    A smaller form factor would be nice too.
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    A shield portable 2 would be nice aye Nvidia
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    K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2: A shield portable 2 would be nice aye Nvidia +1