[vorbis] Ogg compared to MPC and AAC

[Wilson]

Ape = Monkey's Audio:
http://www.monkeysaudio.com/

Slightly better compression than FLAC, and supports better tagging (nowhere
near as good as Vorbis tags), but it's closed-source, Windows-only.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Flowers" <jsflowers at earthlink.net>
To: <vorbis at xiph.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 1:52 PM
Subject: Re: [vorbis] Ogg compared to MPC and AAC

<p>> >Both AAC and MPC are not *new things*.
>
> I'm Sorry, I wasn't trying to imply they were new but new to me. :)
>
> >I WILL NOT use AAC nor MPC.It is
> >because THEY ARE NOT FREE
>
> I was curious how they compared to Ogg Vorbis and freedom certainly is
> something to consider. And I commend you for standing by your ethics.
>
> >By the way,if I want to have a better quality,
> >why dont I use LOSSLESS FORMAT, such
> >as Ape and FLAC?
>
> I haven't heard of Ape but I did like FLAC. I'll check out Ape as well.
>
> >P.S.In your letter:Is it FLAC?You wrote "FLAK"
>
> No, you have it right. I'm just being an idiot today.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jeff
>
>
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