[vorbis] [Fwd: Re: File formats (RE: MP4 Player Available for Download)]

[Bacchus 13]

---- "Aleksandar Dovnikovic" <aldov at EUnet.yu> wrote:

> I think that AAC wasn't developed to be used as 'another'
> MP3, it's usage is focused towards companies that sell audio
> over the internet, for portable players, satellite communications...

A-ha!  That explains a lot.  There used to be a project called FAAC but
I presume it's gone.  After seeing this 'patent war', I even began to
beleive that 80's and 90's commercialist junk music is more or less the
result of the marketing strategies of the record industry.  They even
choked out a talented artist like Prince (He wrote about MP3 the last
year, I think)!  Then, why should we bother with MP4 while Vorbis is
aiming to cover whole the MPEG standard?       

However, still I think:

Liquid Audio > LAME > Vorbis > WMA

in terms of quality.

Nevertheless, in only months, Vorbis showed remarkable improvement. 
It will become even better.  By the way, thank you for the quick explanation
on the next improvement, Segher.  It helps a code illiterate like me
to understand what's going on. ;-)

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