The end of MP3 is here:
http://www.techradar.com/news/rip-mp...-declared-dead
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The end of MP3 is here:
http://www.techradar.com/news/rip-mp...-declared-dead
Hi Geoff
I similarly reported a few days ago that MP3 licensing had ended.
http://theartofsound.net/forum/showt...ow-patent-free
It was arguably entirely replaced already, by Ogg and Flac. Samsung being one
manufacturer who continually supported Ogg in the face of much pressure of MP3
It is not exactly dead, as it can now be used without licensing which if anything makes it better.
It has received renewed interest already by the Linux community,
But as I say Ogg and Flac are much better choices if audio quality is desired. Ogg uses less file
space as well. https://www.xiph.org/ogg/
Supermarkets and lifts like the Blues Bros final few minutes might find homes for its continued use.
Who knows too the Linux community might assess to make it better in quality, that's if improving its source
code becomes available.
In the world of computers Linux and free software will always win, because it is free not proprietary.
The freedom to use the program as you wish, the freedom to copy and distribute to assist others, the
freedom to modify the program to make it do what you want it to do, and the freedom to publish those
modifications to assist others if you wish to take it that far.
Cheers / Chris
Hurray!
yeah, not dead just available for rebirth as it's no longer patent encumbered.
fraunhoffer would obviously like to see it dead as it's now essentially a competitor to whatever commercial offering they come up with next - could MQAs 'first to market' advantage be eaten up by 'brought to you by the people who brought you mp3' pitch they'll have.
I dunno, what do I care, the only thing I've learned over the years is there's value in using open formats and not ceeding control of your stuff to business interests.
think it depends if its been eq-ed for mp3. A lot of spotify content has been and it IS good
Oh I dont know. Ive just read the Wikipedia page and it still bores me. Even with the patents down I cant see the interest in an obsolete format
I skipped the earlier days of i pod style mp3 players and was still listening to a portable minidisc player (lossy in its own way but a reasonable sound for portable use). I came to i tunes just as they were changing from 128kbps to 256 but still dont think 256 is good enough for my download money. I use apple lossless when when ripping my cd collection to computer.
I sat on the train one day with a big pile of minidiscs and thought this is ridiculous so I bought a phone that could doubletwist app my I tunes files on to it. Its a cheap phone so I wonder if that is outputing in an mp3 style format. With a FiiO E6 amplifier and Sennheisers it sounds entertaining enough if not hi fi quality.
I find it hard to care about all these digital formats and will just pick up on laymans terms like lossless. I would like it simple and standardised so I can just get on with listening to music.
Cheers
Martin