Lars Luthman wrote:
> Couldn't someone in a country without software patents code an MP3 write
> module that could be distributed as a patch
That would never work; the libsndfile internals change often
enough to make this impossible.
> or separate version of libsndfile?
Sure, anyone who wants to could do it.
> Although the only reason I can think of for writing MP3s is to export
> files to old hardware audio players that don't support Vorbis.
Exactly. And anyone on this situation can just use the LAME encoder.
Erik
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