[linux-audio-dev] a GPLed competitor to MP3 ?

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Subject: [linux-audio-dev] a GPLed competitor to MP3 ?
From: Jörn Nettingsmeier (nettings_AT_folkwang.uni-essen.de)
Date: Thu Aug 24 2000 - 12:14:13 EEST

hello lad-folk !

in the latest lwn.net issue, i found a reference to
  http://vorbis.com ,
home of Ogg Vorbis, a new, open source audio codec.

it is said to be as good as mp3 in terms of compression rate and
quality, although it is somewhat beta still and produces minor
artefacts.
it is licensed under gnu gpl/lgpl.

let's give this a test - even if fraunhofer doesn't charge users for
an mp3 license now, this may change in the future.

regards,

jörn 

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