Meida player.

[Wolfgang Spraul]

Rakshat,

> >  Actually Mplayer plays the MP3 with the user installed plugin (libmad or
> eqvalent). Intone is just the frontend for Mplayer so no patent probs with
> it

Yes but we have to be careful that MP3 doesn't 'sneak in' somewhere.
The moment anybody is selling a FreeRunner 'capable' of playing MP3, the
patent guys have a case. 'Capable' can be a series of steps, including
installing some software, etc.
However, the moment those steps involve a resource out of control of the
seller of the FreeRunner (say a random Internet URL), they have no case.

Now with the vast pool of free software, what can easily happen is that MP3,
MP4 etc. 'sneaks into' the product. Then someone downstream forgets that it's
there, or it's very hard to remove, and falls into the trap.

Any MP3/MP4 etc. functionality should be kept clearly separated.
Wolfgang

On Mon, Sep 07, 2009 at 06:57:34PM +0530, rakshat hooja wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 3:47 PM, Wolfgang Spraul <wolfgang at qi-hardware.com>wrote:
> 
> > CQIT,
> >
> > > Intone I don't have. But thanks for the advice I will try. Does it play
> > only ogg or also mp3?
> >
> > Also curious about MP3 at intone, I hope it does not play MP3. Until all
> > patents have safely expired I would not want to touch MP3...
> > Wolfgang
> >
> >  Actually Mplayer plays the MP3 with the user installed plugin (libmad or
> eqvalent). Intone is just the frontend for Mplayer so no patent probs with
> it
> 
> Rakshat

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