On Sat, 2005-07-23 at 08:29 +1000, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Audio Codec Host > > > > 1. Should support reading/writing Ogg Vorbis > > 2. Should support reading/writing Mp3 > > 3. Should support reading/writing FLAC > > 4. Should support reading/writing RIFF WAVE (.WAV) > > 5. Should provide realtime streaming capabilities > > 6. Should be seekable by sample index > > 7. Should provide an abstraction that is independent of the format > > If you are willing to go for a pre-release: > > http://www.mega-nerd.com/tmp/libsndfile-1.0.12pre10.tar.gz > > [...] > > Mp3 is problematic because of the MP3 patent issue. I haven't > investigated it fully, but I may be able to offer MP3 as a format > that can be read but not written.
Couldn't someone in a country without software patents code an MP3 write module that could be distributed as a patch or separate version of libsndfile? Or are the Fraunhofer patents more than just pure software patents? Although the only reason I can think of for writing MP3s is to export files to old hardware audio players that don't support Vorbis. -- Lars Luthman PGP key: http://www.d.kth.se/~d00-llu/pgp_key.php Fingerprint: FCA7 C790 19B9 322D EB7A E1B3 4371 4650 04C7 7E2E
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