Vic Wagner wrote: > Thomas Hruska wrote: >> Brett W. McCoy wrote: >> >>> On 8/26/07, cdrd03 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> I am trying to create a digital jukebox for my kids rec room. I am >>>> having trouble figuring out how to write a program that will play >>>> mp3's. The only thing that I have found (directx) utilizes wave files. >>>> >>>> I am not looking for anyone to write the program for me, instead just >>>> nudge me in the right direction. I would greatly appreciate it. >>>> >>> The problem is that finding free MP3 libraries isn't easy, since it's >>> a patented audio compression format (although maybe it has gone off >>> patent recently? I don't remember...) >>> >> I seriously doubt it. Patents take forever to expire. >> > 17 years in the U.S.
That's forever. In terms of computer years, that 170 years (assuming, as I've read/heard on a number of occasions, the computer industry moves 10 times faster than any other industry). The U.S. has shot itself in the foot on pretty much every count in terms of technology. At the rate we're going, we'll be a 3rd world country in no time. But that's okay - we're going to run out of fossil fuels around the same time 32-bit clocks roll over and some unforeseen sequence of events involving technology will probably trigger a worldwide disaster. Bonus: The economy will tank so badly making Black Tuesday look like a cakewalk and we'll all be in the same boat as a result.* * Most of that is a joke (i.e. not to be taken seriously). But I do love how everyone just ignores 2038. What happens if a nuclear launch site has 32-bit code still in use and the timer rolls around to 0? Could be as simple as someone writing 'if (t2 < t1) LaunchEntireArsenal();' in the codebase. -- Thomas Hruska CubicleSoft President Ph: 517-803-4197 *NEW* MyTaskFocus 1.1 Get on task. Stay on task. http://www.CubicleSoft.com/MyTaskFocus/
