As much as standard MP3 sucks its really quite amazing what they've managed to squeeze out of the format with the LAME encoder. In most listening tests it performs about as well as Vorbis.
I wish they'd go with a free and more efficient codec too. I'm actually surprised that companies are still eating the MP3 licensing fees when they could have forced it out of the market. I guess its probably to do with them not being able to agree on any alternative.
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As much as standard MP3 sucks its really quite amazing what they've managed to squeeze out of the format with the LAME encoder. In most listening tests it performs about as well as Vorbis. I wish they'd go with a free and more efficient codec too. I'm actually surprised that companies are still eating the MP3 licensing fees when they could have forced it out of the market. I guess its probably to do with them not being able to agree on any alternative.