VoxWare MetaSound Audio Codec

Whenever you encounter issues with sound playback on your computer, chances are that you need to download and install a dedicated codec.

VoxWare MetaSound Audio Codec is one of them, and it provides you with high-quality sound supporting low to mid range bit rates. Depending on your bandwidth, you can benefit from the several mono and stereo formats it comes with.

The codec can also come in handy when it comes to encoding mono content at very low bit rates, as long as it stores only voice.

This codec works very well at very low bit rates, even surpassing the performance of MP3 and WMA, since you can obtain good voice quality even at 2 kbit/sec.

You can also rely on this codec if you are interested in soundtrack noises, yet the result might not rise to your expectations if there are too many streams. However, you can increase the bitrate to 8 or 16 kbit/sec to increase its quality.

In terms of installing this codec, novices might encounter some issues since it does not come with a typical installer, although the process is quite simple. They need to extract the files from the archive, locate the *.inf file, then right-click it and select the ‘Install’ option.