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From: Lundgren Jarmo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Actually in Ogg's case, the main question is not its quality (although > impressive), but that it's totally free to use. > I bet - for example - game developers could find use for cost-free audio > compression format. Fraunhofer has spoken about starting to collect > licensing fees for using MP3 compressed files in commercial products. > (http://www.mp3licensing.com/help/developer.asp#9 , > http://www.mp3licensing.com/help/developer.asp#7 and > http://www.mp3licensing.com/help/developer.asp#8 ) Should that happen, it would be the end of these free mp3 services (such as Commie or mp3.com) in their present form. Well, mp3.com would be in trouble (which doesn't matter IMO, mp3.com has begun to suck big time), whereas Commie could easily switch to Ogg Vorbis, or at least I think so. PLUS, Ogg Vorbis has some unchallenged features: [Quote from www.vorbis.com] "Vorbis has a well defined comment header that is easy to use and extensible and obviates the need for clunky hacks like ID3 tags. Vorbis has bitrate scaling - a feature that lets you adjust the bitrate of a Vorbis file or stream without reencoding; just chop the packets up in the sizes you want them. Vorbis files can be sliced and edited with sample granularity. Vorbis has support for many channels, not just 1 or 2. Vorbis files can be logically chained together." [End of quote] So it seems Ogg Vorbis is the finest choice of a format for streaming as it is scalable, so users of any speed connections can basically listen to streaming audio, the end of discrimination for modem users.
