Re: MPEG4IP packaging
On Fri, May 02, 2003 at 04:51:34PM -0600, Jack Moffitt wrote:
> > The software packages an mp3 encoder (builds with liblame-dev), but
> > theoreticaly it can run only with AAC support (which I think is a free
> > format, but I don't know for fact), which would eliminate that problem.
>
> AAC and MP3 are not free formats. In fact, AAC to the best of my
> knowledge, is quite a bit less free than MP3. That's the whole point of
> our Ogg projects.
>
> jack.
Not only is AAC less free than even MP3 it isn't really even a standard
as such. It was designed so each vendor's version does not need to be
compatible. I just read earlier today for example that the iPod will not
play any AAC file that was not either downloaded from the Apple site or
ripped by iTunes 4.
Chris
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