Re: [Commons-l] Advice Needed

Well, I guess this should be researched quite well, before investing 
time in this feature:

>
>       WAV
>
> WAVEform audio format <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WAV> (WAV) is a 
> Microsoft <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft> and IBM 
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM> audio file format 
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_format> for storing audio on PCs. 
> It is the main format used on Microsoft Windows 
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Windows> systems for raw audio 
> storage. The WAV format is most commonly used with an uncompressed, 
> lossless storage method (pulse-code modulation) resulting in 
> comparatively large audio files. Today, the WAV audio format is no 
> longer popular being superseded by other more efficient means of audio 
> storage.^[19] 
> <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/FOSS_Open_Standards/Comparison_of_File_Formats#cite_note-19> 
>
>

from 
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/FOSS_Open_Standards/Comparison_of_File_Formats#WAV

So who wants "wav" files actually, they are normally very large as well.

The legal status is not so obvious. Maybe you even need a lawyer to 
judge this correctly.
Again, is .wav really so popular,  that it justifies the effort?

All the best,
Sebastian



Am 10.04.2013 19:40, schrieb Federico Leva (Nemo):
> Rahul Maliakkal, 10/04/2013 19:27:
>> As we all know right now uploading an audio file is only possible in
>> .ogg format.
>>
>> In my GSOC project , i plan on adding *.wav support* to commons ,since
>> its not patent encumbered i think it should be fine
>
> Context: "Pronunciation Recording Extension" 
> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Rahul21/Gsoc
>
>> I would like to get the communities feedback on this.
>
> Is the reason that the dependencies you found all require this format?
>
> Nemo
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