On Sat, Jun 02, 2001 at 06:35:50PM -0500, Paul Cox wrote:
> I beleive it's because of patent issues with the .mp3 format. I think
> mp3 encoders are supposed to pay a 'usage fee' to the patent holders for
> using it, and obviously lame and bladeenc don't do that. =) It's a grey
> area legally. You can always download them and install them yourself
> though.
Or use oggenc that does come with 8.0. I tried it in 7.2 and xmms used a lot
of cpu time to deal with the .ogg files, but under 8.0 there aren't any
problems (here at least).
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