Re: [flac-dev] flac-dev Digest, Vol 100, Issue 36

2013-03-15 Thread Marcus Johnson
I don't think you guys should worry too much about messing up old decoders, but no matter what you choose to do FLAC MUST REMAIN LOSSLESS. On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 5:06 PM, flac-dev-requ...@xiph.org wrote: Send flac-dev mailing list submissions to flac-dev@xiph.org To subscribe or

Re: [flac-dev] flac-dev Digest, Vol 100, Issue 36

2013-03-15 Thread Erik de Castro Lopo
Marcus Johnson wrote: I don't think you guys should worry too much about messing up old decoders, What about the hardware decoders? but no matter what you choose to do FLAC MUST REMAIN LOSSLESS. That has always been and will remain goal #1 for FLAC. Erik --

Re: [flac-dev] flac-dev Digest, Vol 100, Issue 36

2013-03-15 Thread LRN
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 15.03.2013 12:09, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: Marcus Johnson wrote: but no matter what you choose to do FLAC MUST REMAIN LOSSLESS. That has always been and will remain goal #1 for FLAC. FLAC stands for Free Lossless Audio Codec, so lossy FLAC

Re: [flac-dev] flac-dev Digest, Vol 100, Issue 36

2013-03-15 Thread Declan Kelly
On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 12:42:10PM +0400, lrn1...@gmail.com wrote: That said, L could also stand for Lossy. Should have named it FLLAC - LL for Loss-Less. But anyone who knows the difference between lossy and lossless will know which one the L in FLAC stands for. Everyone else can continue

Re: [flac-dev] flac-dev Digest, Vol 100, Issue 36

2013-03-15 Thread Declan Kelly
On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 03:22:24AM -0400, bumblebritche...@gmail.com wrote: I don't think you guys should worry too much about messing up old decoders, Old decoders are everywhere, and not always easy to update or replace. For example: DVD players, in-car audio servers, broadcast facilities.