> Thanks for the interest, Michael. I hope I really can be of help.
> I don't use Ogg, so I'm a little wary that standard FLAC would be > left out of any Ogg Frog implementation. Ogg Frog already supports native FLAC as a player. Version 1.0 will only support playing and decoding, but version 1.1 will support encoding, and I'll be sure to support FLAC with and without Ogg. I must hasten to point out that I don't offer any downloads yet - the UI is in a very primitive state. > My hunch is that Apple does not want to encumber > the format, but I'll let their public documents speak for them. In > any event, it's a very good issue to be aware of from the start. I'm afraid AAC (MPEG-4 audio) has many, many patents. Unlike MP3, one cannot even distribute the binary of an Open Source player. AAC stands for Apple Audio Codec - it's their lossy codec. > Thanks again for the comments, and be sure to keep us informed if you > do anything. Of course. Mike -- Michael David Crawford mdcrawford at gmail dot com Enjoy my art, photography, music and writing at http://www.geometricvisions.com/ --- Free Compact Disc --- _______________________________________________ Flac-dev mailing list Flac-dev@xiph.org http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/flac-dev
