[vorbis-dev] Multi-stream vorbis...

[Daniel Holth]

>>c) You lose the ability to have seperate players be the default player for
>>different types of files... for example i have iTunes attached to all audio
>>files, and WMP attahed to all video files.
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>
>So if you want to use differnt media players for differnt content use a
>wrapper that gets launched and figures it out, or lobby your OS maker to
>make the launcher smart enough to look deeper.
>
Ha! Funny joke! Wrappers and [proprietary, discontinued] OS changes from 
user supplications!

The multi-extension lobby would like to use a tool called 'ls' to stab 
at whether a file is audio or video, and would like to be able to guess 
the same from ftp listings, gopher, whatever. It's kindof useful.

I know there's a strong aesthetic quality to building innovative media 
technologies that are incompatible with all current players, 
technologies, and frameworks. On the other hand, multiple filename 
extensions is something, call it a kludge if you want, that will help 
users and compatibility and fits in with the fact that people use 
different programs to play audio and video. It doesn't hurt.

- Daniel Holth
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