Re: recommend mp3 encoder

[Stuart Ballard <sballard@netreach.net>]

Kenneth Scharf wrote:
> 
> About the only choice these days is bladeenc.  Due to
> patent issues it is probably NOT available in a .deb,
> at least not on the debian ftp site.  However you can
> get it from Tord's home page (I don't recall the url,
> but you can find it on freshmeat or linuxberg).  It is
> now licensed under the lgpl so the source is
> available.  Bladeenc is a high quality encoder that
> excels at 128, 256, and 320bps encoding, AND is fast too!

I wondered about this. Since it's a patent issue and most other
countries don't accept software patents, why can't mp3 encoders be
included in non-US?

Thanks,
Stuart.