WinAmp's plugin which is not Franhoffer based nor has
> > royalties associated with it?
>
> I don't know about this. Perhaps AOL (the owners of Winamp) are
> subsidising
> it so they can advertise to Winamp users.
>
> > -JMS
> >
> >
> > -Orig
On Monday, Aug 13, 2001, Jose M. Sanchez wrote:
> Now I've been convinced that the problem lies in the encoder & decoder
> patents held by Fraunhoffer which is really the big problem...
>
> However, I'm still splitting this hair... According to the postings, you
> COULD theoretically create a MP
ough as stated, this would be next to
impossible...
In turn this implies that the file format itself is not covered by the
patents.
-JMS
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On Mon, 13 Aug 2001 18:40, Jose M. Sanchez wrote:
> Interesting.
>
> Why would a source distribution be ok, whereas a binary not?
It is apparently some sort of legal loophole. I'm not a lawyer so I
don't
know the specific
On Monday, Aug 13, 2001, Jose M. Sanchez wrote:
> What about WinAmp's plugin which is not Franhoffer based nor has
> royalties associated with it?
The plugin that comes with WinAmp is a decoder, not an encoder. They
don't mind you listening to an .mp3, it's creating one that's the
problem. The
gt;
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>
>
>
K.
-JMS
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On Sun, 12 Aug 2001, Jose M. Sanchez wrote:
> Eh, I don't think this
On Sun, 12 Aug 2001, Jose M. Sanchez wrote:
> Eh, I don't think this is accurate.
>
> MP3 formats nor the MPEG format are proprietary... It was defined by a
> consortium
>
> Which is why there are so many legal alternatives to Fraunhoffer's
> encoder...
>
> Fraunhoffer's encoder ITSELF is pro
er MP3/MPEG encoders are available at RPMfind, which work great
with grip and other programs...
-JMS
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