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Hydrogenaudio Closes Doors For Now

Posted by timothy on from the that's-a-shame dept.

verloren writes "The Admins at Hydrogenaudio, the community site discussing audio compression and related issues, have temporarily closed the site. They've posted a notice stating that they're rethinking the standards of the community, and how they're enforced. It seems to have been sparked most recently by a debate over what media players to use, but has been brewing for some time as the objective standards required at the site have been overlooked by many posters. The sister sites Foobar2000 and Rarewares are still available."

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  1. Re:The name is everything by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    So you think "MP3" is more descriptive? Silly argument if you ask me.

    And, just for the record, Ogg is the container format, Vorbis is the codec. Vorbis can be used within Ogg, but also with other container formats as long as they provide enough information. The Vorbis-over-RTP draft is a good example of how this might work.

    Lourens

  2. never heard of it/standards rant by asv108 · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    So let me get this straight, a web site with no code or corporate involvement was hoping to create a standard for audio? What was this technology going to do differently than OGG? Don't we have enough lossy audio formats out there?

    Standards either evolve over time (mp3), are created by groups of large media companies (DVD, CD), and there are even a few technologies that accidently become a standard over time (Linux). Heck I think OGG and FLAC are just starting to show some of their promise in the form of device support. I'm busy rencoding my CD collection.

    People tend to forget that MP3 has been around since the EARLY 90's, it takes a long time for any technology to become a REAL standard.

  3. foobar2000 by Compact+Dick · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    One of the finest multi-format audio players, its simple looks belie its power, extensibility and ease of use. Give foobar2000 a whirl.

    Developed at Hydrogenaudio by Peter Pawlowski [of former Winamp fame] et al.

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  4. Re:Decent media players? by millette · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Maybe you should give foobar2000 a try - it's from one of the winamp2 developpers, it's very unbloated, and supports all kinds of plugins and looks.

  5. Re:Decent media players? by Hatta · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    XMMS of course. Or mplayer for command line goodness.

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  6. Re:did they... by t0ny · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    This is a joke. How the FUCK does this get modded a troll?

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