Why are they bothering with this? All the other standards that came after MP3 (AAC/Quicktime, Ogg, WMA) learned from MP3 and improved on it significantly. What's the issue with backward compatibility? Every player out there now can already play better formats. This is like trying to "improve" a car that's 30 years old when instead you could just have a modern car that doesn't need to be improved. Might be a fun hobby, but doesn't make sense as business idea.
I would think people bother with it because its still the star of the show when it comes to nomenclature and acceptability. Lots of people know what MP3s are but if tell someone to listen to this OGG file you have, they will just stare at you blankly. For a format like this the creator is hoping the next best thing is right around the corner for the audio format revolution cause he knows the masses will pay attention to a name like MP3.
They are just trying to improve the defacto format for listening to music even if it is just "an old out of date car."
I wouldn't think that an MP3 surround format would really impact home theater systems too much. When you get into such high quality systems, lower bit rates on sounds would become very noticeable and therefore less attractive to the sound buff.
Because all those millions of users on P2P networks are/. readers.
I download songs and if I enjoy the music, I will go out and buy the cd or buy CDs that are on sale for really good prices. To me its just a morale issue.
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Why are they bothering with this? All the other standards that came after MP3 (AAC/Quicktime, Ogg, WMA) learned from MP3 and improved on it significantly. What's the issue with backward compatibility? Every player out there now can already play better formats.
This is like trying to "improve" a car that's 30 years old when instead you could just have a modern car that doesn't need to be improved. Might be a fun hobby, but doesn't make sense as business idea.
I would think people bother with it because its still the star of the show when it comes to nomenclature and acceptability. Lots of people know what MP3s are but if tell someone to listen to this OGG file you have, they will just stare at you blankly. For a format like this the creator is hoping the next best thing is right around the corner for the audio format revolution cause he knows the masses will pay attention to a name like MP3.
They are just trying to improve the defacto format for listening to music even if it is just "an old out of date car."
I wouldn't think that an MP3 surround format would really impact home theater systems too much. When you get into such high quality systems, lower bit rates on sounds would become very noticeable and therefore less attractive to the sound buff.
Well, I guess the DiVx community will rejoice.
The first Apple gaming system?? How long do you think its going to be before Mr. Jobs sees the greatest and we get an iBox gaming system?
...John Doe from Se7en. If he buys one of these how in the world will he ever get past the added security?
Because all those millions of users on P2P networks are /. readers.
I download songs and if I enjoy the music, I will go out and buy the cd or buy CDs that are on sale for really good prices. To me its just a morale issue.