[vorbis] Re: Debian mp3->vorbis transcoding

[John Morton]

On Thu, 29 Aug 2002 16:44, Vance Roussin wrote:
> >> apologise for the mistake). I also observed that if such transcoding is
> >> really necessary, it's as trivial as decoding the mp3 to .wav and then
> >> vorbis-coding the .wav, therefore a dedicated program isn't really
> >> worthwhile.
>
> Anyway to wrap a mp3 in an ogg? I know this would probably hurt the
> vorbis developers' pride, not to mention high moral standing. However
> since I don't believe there is any patent/copyright issues with this
> so long as the program that reads/writes the ogg does not compress
> or decompress mp3 stream but rather passes it to or receives it from
> a program that is licensed to do so. Is this technically feasible
> on all platforms?

Why bother?  How will this help? Why not just use the licensed software 
directly?

> Is there something I forgot to take into account?

They only two reasonable advantages of transcoding are to use specific 
hardware players and to avoid using a patented format. Wrapping mp3 in ogg 
doesn't help in these cases.

John
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