[vorbis] Windows XP and MP3

[Geoff Shang]

On Thu, 12 Apr 2001, Jack Moffitt wrote:

> I read it and smiled knowingly.
>
> Do you realize how many products use Microsoft's mp3 encoder in order to
> function? :)
>
> It's too expensive to license that, so most people just use Microsoft's
> netshow tools.

Lots do this.  They must deliberately be dumbing down their codec, as the
current one will only do to 56kbps anyway (22.05 khz stereo or 24khz mono)
and actually sounds pretty good, for what it is.

Geoff.

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