In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> LAS wrote: > So far MP3 seems to have reached a certain amount of popularity and is > leveling > off. Without a good source, MP3 took a hit. The shutting down of > Napster > certainly didn't help. And Morpheus is only a shadow of what Napster > was. What about the popularity of MP2, then? The skies are filled with DVB/MPEG-2 broadcasting, providing a huge choice of live music, entertainment, drama and everything else, freely available as MP2. This is a huge resource which seems scarcely to have been noticed in the MP3 community. I'm using MP3 myself only for transferring my old reel-to-reel treasures. Rate for rate, MP2 may sound a little less good than MP3, but most broadcasters are transmitting at 192 or 256kbit/s and you'd need better ears than mine to notice any inferiority, other than on special test material. Now that many major broadcasters are originating digitally, much of what you get is in pristine condition. Richard L. ----------------------------------------------------------------- To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
