Re: Developing replacement for AT

according to that argument, not supporting real audio or
c-64 SID files is "forcing the consumer into doing things the
way you dictate."  surely you realize that there is a tradeoff
involved, that WMA is propietary and requires a probably-non-
free, possibly expensive, license from MS, maybe even with other
unacceptable encumbrances.

no one device is going to satisfy everyone.

Josh

--- Danny Rego <[email protected]> wrote:
> By that statement though, you are forcing the consumer (or potential
> consumer) into doing things the way you dictate.  I don't use FLAC
> for one
> reason, my players of choice do not, and cannot support it at this
> point.
> So why would I want to re-rip my collection to flac, just to use this
> new
> product?
>
> WMA is popular, whether people want to admit it, or not.  If $$$ is
> an
> issue, then I understand.  Any other reason is just Anti-MS BS.
>
> Danny Rego
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Glenn Richards" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2005 1:08 PM
> Subject: Re: [AT] 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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> >
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> >
> >
>




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