[Freeciv-Dev] Re: MP3 Patent Issues

[Tomasz Wegrzanowski <maniek@xxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, Jul 01, 2000 at 05:11:41PM +0100, Sam BC wrote:
> And why not use MP3 for sound effects, being very platform-independent? I
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> believe some commercial games use this so they can fit more on CD-ROMs and
> reduce game HD footprints.

I believe that OGG is as XP as MP3. It has plugins to about 95%
of music-players, counting by userbase (xmms, sonique, winamp, freeamp etc.).