[vorbis] Unreal Tournament 2003

[Wilson]

I realized that right after I sent the message.
Also, I didn't state clearly that the discussion was about an Ogg Vorbis
PLAYER inside the game, not just support for the format, which, as you say,
has been in for quite some time.
Not enough sleep. Sorry.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel Vogel" <vogel at epicgames.com>
To: <vorbis at xiph.org>
Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 8:12 PM
Subject: RE: [vorbis] Unreal Tournament 2003

<p>> Orpheus isn't an Epic employee though Mark Rein is our vice president.
> Anyways, the Unreal Engine has been using Ogg Vorbis for streaming music
for
> almost a year now I think.
>
> -- Daniel, Epic Games Inc.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-vorbis at xiph.org [mailto:owner-vorbis at xiph.org]On Behalf Of
> > Wilson
> > Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 10:56 AM
> > To: vorbis at xiph.org
> > Subject: [vorbis] Unreal Tournament 2003
> >
> >
> > I've just gotten around to reading the IRC chat with the developers of
> > Unreal Tournament 2003.
> > Looks like Vorbis support is a possibility:
> >
> > [21:53] <Mancubus> Has the idea of a built in mp3 player been
> > introduced? :)
> > [21:53] <Orpheus> Mancubus, wont happen
> > [21:53] <Orpheus> Fraunhofer owns the rights to Mp3.
> > [21:53] <Mancubus> Why not?
> > [21:53] <Orpheus> Epic would have to Pay $ for every copy of
> > their game sold
> > [21:53] <Mancubus> Why?
> > [21:53] <Orpheus> Built in Vorbis is feasible since thats what it uses
for
> > sound anyway.
> > [21:53] <Orpheus> Mancubus, Fraunhofer owns Mp3
> > [21:54] <beg> built in vorbis would own
> > [21:54] <Orpheus> you cant make a commercial decoder without paying a
> > license fee.
> > [21:54] <Mancubus> Fraunhofer?
> > [21:54] <MarkRein[Epic]> An MP3 license is NOT cheap - Ogg Vorbis
> > is just as
> > good and there are converters available anyway
> >
> > Orpheus and MarkRein are both Unreal developers.
> >
> > http://cleaned.beyondunreal.com/UT2FAQ/xgr_irc.htm
> >
> > For those who aren't plugged into the gaming world, Unreal Tournament
2003
> > is the forthcoming sequel to Unreal Tournament, the very very successful
> > first person shooter.
> >
> >
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