Need, and would like are two different things. OGG isn't just for unix it is just that it is a format with a free public license, whereas MP3 is owned by a company and creating MP3s ordinarily requires a program you must pay for. OGG is actually a better format when it comes to size/quality tradeoffs. I have made OGG files of all the songs I like from my CD collection, so it sure would be nice to use them instead of having to purchase a program to make MP3s and then have to redo all of that work. Of course I still am not saying that OGG is require, but it sure would be nice. I also have a few songs that simply do not sound good when made into an MP3, but as an OGG file they sound perfect. I don't know exactly why that is true, but several people I know have tried to make a few songs in to MP3s over and over again with the same terrible results.
Actually, I don't know of a leagal way to obtain MP3s. The only song purchasing service I know that is accessible at all is the Real player store, which has their own proprietary secure format, which only works in the Real Player. I make CD's of those songs I buy and then rip the CD's for use on all the devices I have that can't use those files. I also do that because I don't want to have to repurchase those songs just because Real might go out of business, or even just make a program that is no longer the slightest bit accessible. When refering to I Tunes I would assume you really mean, "If someone kindly goes to the I Tunes store and purchases songs for me and then also puts them on my MP3 player or me," because I Tunes certainly is not an option for a blind person without a sighted servant. <smile> Sarah Van Oosterwijck Assistive Technology Trainer http://home.earthlink.net/~netentity ----- Original Message ----- From: Paul Henrichsen To: Braillenote List Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 5:49 PM Subject: Re: [Braillenote] media player It always puzzles me why people want ogg support so much. You never see it anywhere<grin>. All of the music sites are mp3. I hear unix uses ogg, but if I go to a music download site like itunes, etc. I don't believe I will find ogg. If I am wrong, please correct me. But the last time I was involved in an ogg versus mp3 discussion, no one was able to show why we need ogg unless they were uging a unix box. At 1/29/2006 03:46 PM, you wrote: >I vote for .ogg support. > >Interesting about how processor intensive recording to a compressed >format is. Hadn't realized that since the little digital recorders >record directly to .wma. But then, that's all they do. > >Pam > > > >___ >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > >__________ NOD32 1.1388 (20060130) Information __________ > >This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. >http://www.eset.com ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.14.23/243 - Release Date: 1/27/2006 ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
