Mnyb;636414 Wrote: > OGG is also used for streaming and radio, you wont get away from that > one, but in general there are to many music file formats and thats true > outside of the squeezebox context too. > This plethora of formats upps the dev cost all products. > > is not spotify using ogg ? in an ideal world it would be FLAC and OGG , > mp3 is not a free format but it is everywhere hard to avoid in reality. > > why Apple and Microsoft just had to develop thier own formats ? Most > likely vendor look in and licencing fees. > > Example it looks like it is free to use WMA on your pc or if you stream > from your radio channel. > But you are paying every time you buy hardware was it 400000$ + some $ > per unit for WMA or WMAL ? > so it goes on the price for your squeezebox. > > better ditch wma and wmal support before ogg imho You're probably right about OGG - my point was there are too many formats; perhaps WAV should go first as support for it is already somewhat limited (by its very nature).
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