Hello all!
If I remember correctly the Lame project started out to implement a
completely free audio encoder. But soon afterwards many patents came across
the developer's mysterious ways and decision was made to go along with MPEG
layer 3 and sh*t on the patents (a good idea anyway, IMHO).
But now there came a supposedly free encoder, called OggVorbis (wasn't it
once called OggSquish?).
What do you think of it?
I did some testing, primarily audio quality tests, and came to the
conclusion that it is great! In most cases, if I can trust my ears, much
better than current CVS Lame. So where is the problem with it? There has to be
one ;) OK, it's not MPEG layer 3 but who cares? It is free, without patents
on the algorithms, at least the author claims it to be, and it's GPLed.
In case you are interested here is the URL
http://www.xiph.org/ogg/vorbis/
Other opinions?
CU
nils
PS: Not that I want to discourage lame development. What the Lame project
has achieved so far is great if not amazing ;)
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