[Icecast] Reencoding mp3pro in mp3pro or mp3 with ices

oddsock oddsock at oddsock.org
Fri Jan 14 19:03:56 UTC 2005


At 12:58 PM 1/14/2005, you wrote:
>>There's no free implementation that I'm aware of.  Thompson may be able 
>>to sell you something, but I've no idea how much it will cost.
>>Frankly, I'd move to Ogg Vorbis, it's supported by more players anyway.
>
> From a quality standpoint, I'd love to, but from a 'supporting paid users 
> of a stream with minimal effort' standpoint, the amount of effort 
> necessary to get the right player or codec in the hands of casual 
> non-techie computer users makes it not worth it.

are you saying that mp3pro is more supported client-wise than ogg vorbis 
?  That's actually far from the truth.

oddsock





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