Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> __/ [ Oliver Wong ] on Tuesday 05 September 2006 16:28 \__
>
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>> "Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:1322071.fyZ0PWFvpv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> SanDisk faces MP3 licence dispute
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | Electronics manufacturer SanDisk is facing a legal fight over its use
>>> | of popular MP3 compression technology.
>>> |
>>> | [...]
>>> |
>>> | Italian patents company Sisvel alleges that SanDisk refuses to pay
>>> | licensing fees it needs to playback MP3 files.
>>> `----
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>> I'm a big fan of Ogg, but there are some pragmatic issues to worry
>> about. For example, will they play on my mp3 player? I've got an iRiver,
>> which was advertised as being capable of playing Oggs, but I was
>> disapointed to find out it only supports a subset of the Ogg format.
>> Specifically, it has a minimum bitrate it can support (if I encode with
>> quality 3 or higher, the oggs seem to play fine, but I have a few oggs at
>> quality 0 or even -1, which I'd rather not go through the hassle of
>> re-encoding).
>>
>> Also, iTunes is my preferred media player, and Ogg support is only
>> provided via a 3rd party plugin, and is a bit buggy at that.
>>
>> My contribution to this issue? Basically, I boycott players which are
>> not ogg capable. I'm one of the few people here who doesn't own an iPod. On
>> the rare occasion where I go shopping for a new player, I'll ask the
>> salesperson to show me which of these players can play ogg files. I think
>> I've asked around 5 clerks now, and none of them had ever heard of ogg
>> before. Only 1 of them was interested in learning more about it (said he
>> considered himself an "audio freak", so he was surprised to have never
>> heard of this format before).
>
> I once received a player that supported MP3 and WMA. It even sported a
A gift from the IT community? Kewl.
> Windows Media Player logo on the package *gasp*. I gave it to my mom. I
> adamantly think that it's a shameful disgrace given that Microsoft is trying
> to squeezein its formats, kill the use of MP3, and inject Microsoft DRM
> into people's inventory. As people purchase and exchange music using their
> phones/DPA/media player.other, it is another opportunity for Microsoft to
> sqeeze in a format-based vendor lockin, without explicit notification
> (teeagers and technophobes won't mind/understand). Let me see if I can find
> a link to articles I have in mind. Heh. Took just a minute.
>
>
>
> Microsoft-led coalition bands against Apple iPod
And of course iPOD & ITunes was a closed system. Hmmm. Whoops.
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