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New Lossless MP3 Format Explained
CNETNate writes "Thomson, the company that licenses the MP3 patent, has released a new lossless MP3 format called mp3HD. It utilises both lossless and lossy audio contained inside a single .mp3 file, and the files will play on all existing MP3 players. The idea is simple: lossless files on your desktop that can be transferred without conversion to iPods and MP3 players. The issue, it transpires, is that although the full lossless/lossy hybrid MP3 file is transferred to players, only the lossy element can be played back. A command line encoder can be found on Thomson's Web site."
The chinese companies already have MP5 players ;)
So let's see. It's like a car with helicopter blades, except the helicopter blades don't turn, but now you take up both lanes of traffic.
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Wouldn't an MP5 player not be usable in many countries?
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I think a better comparison would be a helicopter that can also drive down the street. As if the convenience of not having to switch to a car outweighed the risk of accidentally decapitating pedestrians.
To Thompson I would say you had your chance with rubbish MP3, so FLAC off!
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Does this mean that they're abandoning the mp3pro format? And just as it was about to finally catch on, too....
This guy's the limit!
I predict this will be a raging success on the scale of JPEG2000
It is like these guys are trying to patent strcat
Accidentally?
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The device is an Mp10 player, it has built-in all the features of previous devices, that means, inside the mp10 there are an mp3, mp4, mp5, mp6, mp7, mp8 and mp9.
Someone from work one explained to me. Each feature, like a camera, mobile analogic TV, digital TV, fmRadio, etc. Each feature adds 1 to MpX.
That MP5 format is really bad for your ears.
I think an even better comparison would be a car analogy, with seventeen discrete car analogies attached below it.
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The whole thing!
Its like every shirt in Arizona having a winter coat sewn to the back of it. Closets hold 1/10 as many clothes, but big closets are getting cheaper every day. The largest suitcases barely hold enough for a weekend trip. Everyone ends up dragging around winter coats like tails, even though they rarely ever need them.
I regret to inform you that this analogy isn't helping me understand the situation. What has it got to do with cars?
Wouldn't an MP5 player not be usable in many countries?
Oh it's usable. Without a doubt. In fact, my problem is that once I started using it, I had to keep using it until everyone stopped complaining about me using it.
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