Eh, I think the average joe doesn't save actual audio files anymore. I think most just use YouTube or Spotify. The hardcore usually use flac.
And, yeah, I guess anyone who isn't an audiophile and doesn't stream uses mp3. But that's mainly because mp3 had already been the dominant format for MANY years; I doubt mp3 going patent-free will affect how popular it is or isn't among the average joe that much.
i just ripped the leftover's audiobook to flac because i couldnt download it anywhere. boy was it a pain in the ass.
took 10 mins per cd and i had 8 cds. then i had to rename them
peter parker wrote to Chris <=-
Eh, I think the average joe doesn't save actual audio files anymore. I think most just use YouTube or Spotify. The hardcore usually use flac.
And, yeah, I guess anyone who isn't an audiophile and doesn't stream
uses mp3. But that's mainly because mp3 had already been the dominant format for MANY years; I doubt mp3 going patent-free will affect how popular it is or isn't among the average joe that much.
Eh, I think the average joe doesn't save actual audio files anymore. I think most just use YouTube or Spotify. The hardcore usually use flac.
Re: On MP3's popularity.
By: Mro to peter parker on Sun Jun 11 2017 03:10 pm
i just ripped the leftover's audiobook to flac because i couldnt download it anywhere. boy was it a pain in the ass.
took 10 mins per cd and i had 8 cds. then i had to rename them
You can never recover that part of your life, that time is gone 4-ever!
The only thing going patent free will do is further increase the penetration of the format - will be in all Linux distros by default, no jumping through hoops for those who use distros that don't normally include "non free" software, possibly more implementations (though LAME is hard to beat), etc.
Nightfox wrote to peter parker <=-
What makes you say that? I don't think it's reasonably feasible to
stream music all the time.. Sometimes there are places you might go
where you don't have a signal, and even if you do, you might risk using
up all of your cell data for the month. And sometimes I just like to
be able to play music without relying on having an internet
conneciton..
Mro wrote to Vk3jed <=-
the mp3 patent was non enforcable and bullshit. this is all a non
issue. there were many big names in the mp3 development and 2
contributers claimed that they were the sole owner of mp3.
Mro wrote to Vk3jed <=-
the mp3 patent was non enforcable and bullshit. this is all a non issue. there were many big names in the mp3 development and 2 contributers claimed that they were the sole owner of mp3.
Bullshit or otherwise, its presence was enough to affect some people.
Mro wrote to Vk3jed <=-
Bullshit or otherwise, its presence was enough to affect some people.
only if they chose to be affected.
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Mro wrote to Vk3jed <=-
Bullshit or otherwise, its presence was enough to affect some people.
only if they chose to be affected.
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Either way, that's out of your hands when it comes to stuff other people make. :)
Mro wrote to Vk3jed <=-
i dont know what you mean by that.
Mro wrote to Vk3jed <=-
i dont know what you mean by that.
Simple, some people didn't liek the idea someone had a patent claim on MP3. If they took action to avoid the patent entanglement, that decision is out of your hands.
Re: On MP3's popularity.
By: peter parker to Chris on Sun Jun 11 2017 10:43 am
What makes you say that? I don't think it's reasonably feasible to stream music all the time.. Sometimes there are places you might go where you don't have a signal, and even if you do, you might risk using up all of your cell data for the month. And sometimes I just like to be able to play music without relying on having an internet conneciton..
Nightfox
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Services like Apple Music and Spotify have the option to store music on your device - so you can build playlists of stuff you want to be able to listen to even when your data is limited or spotty.
Re: On MP3's popularity.
By: Deepthaw to Nightfox on Thu Jun 15 2017 11:27 pm
Services like Apple Music and Spotify have the option to store music on your device - so you can build playlists of stuff you want to be able to listen to even when your data is limited or spotty.
Interesting, and good to know. I didn't think that would be totally legal - The industry got after Napster etc. for people downloading music..
Vk3jed wrote to Nightfox <=-
So, I will be using locally stored media files for quite some time yet.
Poindexter Fortran wrote to Vk3jed <=-
One thing that rocks my world is being able to play USB media in my
car. I have close to 10,000 songs on a USB stick in my car and can
sort by ID3 info, as well as playing music by playlists. When my kids
hear a song they like, they can ask me to add it to their list.
Sure beats the box of cassettes rattling in the back seat.
Services like Apple Music and Spotify have the option to store
music on your device - so you can build playlists of stuff you
want to be able to listen to even when your data is limited or
spotty.
Interesting, and good to know. I didn't think that would be totally
legal - The industry got after Napster etc. for people downloading
music..
look at youtube. you can get all kinds of stuff from youtube but somehow that is legal?
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