On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 06:59:24PM -0500, Mark Wallace wrote: > The problem might be codecs. Many of the codecs that we are using are > reverse engineered, and some are better than others. Ubuntu lists codecs > as good, bad and ugly for this reason (besides their might being a > violation of copyright laws in the case of some of the windows codecs.) > > Try installing different codecs. that can get compicated in that you might > install the right one but your system might still be using the wrong one > that is giving you the trouble. Be carefull uninstalling codecs. Be sure > that you remember which ones that you installed so that you can put them > back in.
MP3 codecs are not reverse engineered. The codec is very well known and published. Licensing issues are something else entirely. -m -- Mike Kershaw/Dragorn <[email protected]> GPG Fingerprint: 3546 89DF 3C9D ED80 3381 A661 D7B2 8822 738B BDB1 "Remember the book store down the road? That then became a book and coffee shop? Now it's a 24-hour just-coffee shop. It's like evolution, only, without the getting better."
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