[Freeciv-Dev] Re: MP3 Patent Issues

[cyb97 <cyb97@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 02.07.2000 00:27 +0100, Sam BC wrote:


> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Daniel Burrows
> > immediate future it seems better to use WAV or MP3 (I prefer WAV
> > because of
> > patent problems, but..)
>
> Will people not believe that the audio format itself is not under any patent
> problem, only encoding algorithms?????
Since MP3's and OGG seams to be quite troublesome in different ways, why 
not go with modules instead? (not in programming terms but in music terms 
like screamtracker modules, fasttracker modules etc. (sm3, xm, mod, it, 
etc.))... They're quite small and perfect for ambient repeptivite 
background music since they can repeate the same sequences with small 
changes without any noticeable increase in size?
And a well made mod won't sound much worse than a mp3 or ogg (? haven't 
heard them, but they can't be that much different from an mp3) why not give 
it a shot... and as far as I can recall there are opensource players 
available just waiting to get ripped the code out of... =)

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Andreas D. Landmark
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rectitude."
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