On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 10:09:21 -0600, Michael Alletto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If a product states that it supports it it will just confuse people.
Why? > I mean really, OGG? Naming is everything and that name sucks. I don't think it sucks. It's no worse than mp3 or aac or flac. > You > try convincing someone who's never heard of it to rip their cd's in > that format. You'll get a blank stare back. Plus the availability to > download ogg based music files is extremely limited. No one is suggesting that mp3 support be dropped. That would be a bad move. > > I personally don't care either way. I don't use it and never will. > I've invested too much time and space into variable bit rate mp3's so > I'm not about to go back and rerip everything. > > Just because something is better doesn't mean it is better. Well - I generally "rip once, rip right" I rip to lossless - which means I can transcode to whatever format happens to be the best at the moment. For me, that is mp3 because Linux does not have a good aac encoder, and ogg is not supported on my iPod. But ogg in the squeezebox firmware does not require you to change. That, btw, is an excellent way in which the VHS/Betamax analogy fails. If I used a Betamax, I could not play my tapes in a VHS player. Music files are different - you don't have to change your player to change formats, and a player supporting a new format doesn't mean that the users have to stop using what they prefer. There are portable players that do support ogg, and I may buy such a player in the future. Especially if it offers gapless playback - the iPod Mini has a kick arse interface, but I hate the fact that it is not even capable of gapless playback - I enjoy live bootlegs, and a gap between each song really is irritating. When I do replace my iPod Mini, I will look at players that support gapless - and that probably means an ogg player because gapless mp3 is a hack. Plus, I can use ogg at 128 VBR to get what I get with lame at 192VBR - which means more tunes on the player. AAC would also do that, but FAAC needs some serious work. Of course, if Apple released QuickTime for Linux then I could use their AAC encoder, as it is really good. Perhaps Nero will release their AAC encoder for Linux as well - they have released their CD/DVD Burning sweet (I hear it needs some work, but it is just released - that's to be expected) -- http://mpeters.us/ _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
