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This fascinates me tremendously. I'm dying to see what Mike and Hugo have to say about this.

I'm kind of disappointed they haven't said anything.

If the new decoder produces identical output to the current one as Hugo claims, it doesn't sound like it's going to change the situation. On the other hand, maybe the new decoder is really better. Who knows? I'm still curious to know what decoder it is.

-v