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when I read the title I somehow assumed that the optimization would be in the length of the recording, not the encoding. I would like a podcast format with very short episodes.

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Or just good sections, not just stream of concsciousness rambling. That would also be sticking perfectly to the metaphor, swapping floppy disks should be familiar to everyone who every held one in their hands.

As long as the podcast doesn't approach MS Office 97 territory (50+ disks).

Me too! I was surprised to see the target length is 30 minutes. I think there's plenty of space for even much more compact podcast episodes, under 10 minutes in length. You can say an awful lot in 10 minutes.

Yeah, since a lot of people speed up podcasts anyway, why not speed it up prior to compression (or learn to talk faster)? (Of course, speeding things up 3x is a bit extreme!)

Hmm why not speak 10 times faster, then slow down by 10 times after decoding.

I havent decided whether this is a serious proposition yet....

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