MP3 'capable' [was: Meida player.]

[Henner Zeller]

On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 12:54 PM,  <halbtaxabo-om at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> --- On Thu, Sep 10, rakshat hooja <rakshat at gmail.com> wrote:
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> [snip]
>
>> Yes I did follow the Openmoko Mp3 patent issues a long
>> while back.
>>
>>  I just wanted to ask you if things are ok re MP3 patents
>> in the following scenario
>
> Given that you're interested in Free software, why
> have anything to do with mp3? If you're ripping
> a CD, use Ogg. If what you want exists on the web
> as mp3 only, ask the person who provided it to make
> it available in ogg format.
>
> There are a lot of people out there who don't know
> that any alternative to mp3 exists - and they will
> never know unless somebody tells them. Why not you?

On top of that: the quality of the ogg encoding is much better than
mp3. While mp3 requires at least 160 if not 192kbps to be acceptable,
it is already with 128kbps in ogg.

-h

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