https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32135
--- Comment #2 from Ryan Kaldari <[email protected]> 2011-11-29 07:28:08 UTC --- It looks like the specification for the WAV file format, the RIFF container format, and Microsoft's Linear PCM bitstream encoding format (the most common encoding for WAV files) was published in 1991. That means that if there were any patents associated with these formats, they will almost certainly be expired at the end of the year. WAV also supports ACM compatible compression formats, some of which are patented like MP3. The vast majority of WAV files are uncompressed PCM audio, though, as people typically use other formats for compressed audio. I believe all browsers support native play-back of uncompressed WAV files (either in an embed tag or loaded on it own), and all of them except Explorer support WAV playback through the HTML5 audio tag. It is also supported by virtually every audio editing program ever made, which gives it an advantage over FLAC (and Ogg Vorbis). -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ Wikibugs-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
