[mythtv] mythmusic and mp3 encoder?
John Hurliman
jhurliman at myrealbox.com
Fri Jun 20 11:33:42 EDT 2003
Isaac Richards wrote:
>On Thursday 19 June 2003 08:32 am, Tom LeRoux wrote:
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>>well.. mythmusic rips CD's to OV, so why not mp3? I took a quick look at
>>the LAME libs and it seems as though it can encode OV too (although I
>>haven't tried).. I don't want to get into a coke vs. pepsi war about
>>OV/mp3, but choice is usually a good thing.
>>
>>I'm more than happy to spend some cycles working on this - or am I the only
>>one who still uses mp3's around here?
>>
>>
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>I just don't see what it'll gain. The vorbis stuff is equivalent (or better)
>quality, and the flac encoder means you never have to rip into a different
>format again, as it's equivalent to just storing the .wavs... Easy to
>transcode to with no additional qualtiy loss if you need another format for
>something else. Additional encoding options just mean additional
>complications for the user, unfortunately.
>
>Isaac
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As an example I like to burn mp3 CDs and play them in my car, I have yet
to see a car CD player that is "ogg compatible". I thought the reason
mp3 encoding was missing though was due to patent issues?
jph
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