...hardly, not anytime soon, in my opinion. I think the industry has invested too much (both on hardware and software) for MP3. MP3 is almost universal. Most newer player system (from DVD-players and home stereo components to keychain-sized mini-cflash/sd based mplayer) comes with capability to play MP3+other codecs. Downside is MP3 I think supports only stereo [2.0] audio (?). Another, I believe one missing music-industry focused feature that will hinder MP3 dominance is probably DRM.
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...hardly, not anytime soon, in my opinion. I think the industry has invested too much (both on hardware and software) for MP3. MP3 is almost universal. Most newer player system (from DVD-players and home stereo components to keychain-sized mini-cflash/sd based mplayer) comes with capability to play MP3+other codecs. Downside is MP3 I think supports only stereo [2.0] audio (?). Another, I believe one missing music-industry focused feature that will hinder MP3 dominance is probably DRM.