Frank Barknecht
Mon, 31 Mar 2003 00:35:13 -0800
Hallo, thank you for you answers, Sal. Sal Randolph hat gesagt: // Sal Randolph wrote: > Of course this is a good critique, and I did spend time agonizing a bit > about all this, but the structure of phase two of the project, where people > are creating online microlables, really does require that all the files are > pretty much in the same format, easy for anyone to download and burn > directly. My feeling is that ogg just isn't there yet & my hope is that it > will be more widely adopted as time goes on. I certainly do understand why > you might disagree however. I know at least one online label, that has done the change to ogg about 1 or 2 years ago: Tokyodawn / Tokyo 2051. In my view, Ogg already is there: It sounds much better than mp3 at lower file size. Ogg is not there in regard to support of the format in players soft- or hardware. The software side is changing rapidly. Linux players all support ogg, Winamp3 doesn't need an external plugin anymore etc. The hardware side is more difficult, also because it cannot change so fast. ciao -- Frank Barknecht _ ______footils.org__