On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 15:13:26 +0100, Christian Pernegger
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Yes - if SlimServer could stream in ogg, there's a good chance it
> >would make it into distros like Fedora etc.
> 
> Again, what has support of a particular format got to do with
> putting slimserver in a distribution? Nothing.

Everything - Red Hat / Fedora will never ship mp3 support until all of
the relevent patents expire. Since slimserver requires mp3 support for
lossy streaming, that means it isn't going to be in Fedora/Red Hat.

> 
> >Yes - that's SlimServer and not firmware, but if ogg is in firmware, a
> >side effect is that the Server would need to stream ogg
> 
> Why would it NEED to do that?

What would be the point of ogg in the squeezebox firmware if the
server did not stream in ogg?

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