JSonnabend;169600 Wrote: > MP3 is actually not "open" in the sense of free. The MP3 format is > patented and subject to license restrictions.
This is true, but the advantage of mp3 over other lossy formats is that it was so well-entrenched that every hardware and software maker is compelled to support it. So it will play on your phone, car stereo, iPod, Zune, whatever. Oh, yeah, and Squeezeboxes. The portability is a nice feature which is why it survives when "better" compression routines exist. -- snarlydwarf ------------------------------------------------------------------------ snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28267 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
