Regardless of the quality issues, the audio->mp3->ogg encoding process
that this does still includes the mp3 process, which is patented. This
means, since Ogg is deterministic, as is MP3, it's probably very easy
for someone (say, Thomson) to prove a given Ogg was once an MP3. Once
they can prove that, they can still demand royalties for distribution
(and the distribution royalties are worse than the decoder ones).
So, basically, this script makes your files sound worse, and just as
costly as before. Reencoding things from scratch is the only way to
avoid the patent problems.
(Those of you who have too much MP3 music - too bad. You clung to a
closed standard, and Ogg's been out for a long time.)
--
- Joe Wreschnig <piman@sacredchao.net> - http://www.sacredchao.net
"What I did was justified because I had a policy of my own... It's
okay to be different, to not conform to society."
-- Chen Kenichi, Iron Chef Chinese
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