Hi Brian. Thanks so much for your quick response!
> OpenSolaris. There are some free software modules you could build > yourself which would enable GStreamer based programs (like sound-juicer) > to encode MP3 - libmad, for example. Great! I'll check that out. > users. To date, there is no 3rd party that provides a licensed MP3 > encoder for Solaris or Linux. Interesting.... I wonder what I've been violating by doing this in Ubuntu then. Yikes! > I would recommend that you consider using the free ogg-vorbis media > format for audio. The quality is better, the compression is better, > and you don't lock your audio data into a non-free non-GPL compatible > proprietary format which requires you pay licensing fees to use and > has spotty support on free operating systems. I wholeheartedly agree with you. And one of these days, I plan to switch over to the OpenMoko. But right now I've got this Sidekick and to the best of my knowledge it supports mp3; not ogg-vorbis. :-( Thanks again for your help! Take care. --Joanie
