After takin' a swig o' grog, The Ghost In The Machine belched out
this bit o' wisdom:
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Chris Ahlstrom
>
> You forgot two things:
>
> * that works efficiently with video
> * that works efficiently with audio
>
> Ideally, the OSS solution would work *more* efficiently than
> any of the proprietary ones.
Or as "efficiently". I haven't played with Theora, but I used Vorbis
(audio) heavily for awhile, and would still be using it heavily if my
damn car CD player supported it.
Vorbis /is/ efficient. Not sure if it is more so than WMV, but that
format is, shall we say, encumbered.
> True, Ogg and Theora at least are open source. I don't know
> regarding their efficiency yet, though Ogg is fairly popular
> for audio.
One would think that Microsoft could /always/ make its own formats more
efficient, at least on Windows. <grin>
You need to open your mind. Here, Ghost, have this nice little sugar
cube:
--
I believe that if people would learn to use LSD's vision-inducing capability
more wisely, under suitable conditions, in medical practice and in conjunction
with meditation, then in the future this problem child could become a wonder
child. -- Dr. Albert Hoffman, the discoverer of LSD
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