Re: Developing replacement for AT

Arnt Gulbrandsen wrote:

>> I know it's not "cool" to embrace anything from Microsoft, but
>> lossless WMA makes sense to a lot of audiophiles -
> There are reasons why it's not cool. Embracing Microsoft stuff typically
> involves paying Microsoft more than you like or else doing a hell or a
> lot of work - or both.

One of the design priorities is to have OGG and FLAC support, something
that was always missing from the AT. FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec -
see http://flac.sourceforge.net/ IIRC) would eliminate the need for WMA
lossless.

We want to avoid proprietary formats where possible. While technically
MP3 is proprietary due to various patents, it's so widespread that this
isn't an issue, and there are many open-source players available.

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