Re: [linux-audio-user] Apple Lossless codec

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Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] Apple Lossless codec
From: Jason Jones (senorchamo_AT_netzero.net)
Date: Tue May 18 2004 - 05:16:27 EEST


Ummm.... I'm not sure, but I think this guy is referring to the AAC
(Advanced Audio Codec), or the MP4 codec. This is what the quicktime
movies encode with (most of the time).... and I believe the algorithm is
available using the FAAC codec (Free Advanced Audio Codec)... I might
be off base, but... If that's what you're talking about when you say
"lossless" audio codec, then yes - Linux already has an implimentation.

--Jason

Lee Azzarello wrote:

> Perhaps you should ask Apple to include non-patented formats in their
> products. You probably won't find the Linux community interested in
> supporting a new and potentially closed format that already has an
> open source replacement.
>
> BTW, your iPod may look cool but there are other devices like the
> iRiver HP-120 that play far more formats than an iPod and don't put
> any restrictions on how you use your own music.
>
> -lee
>
> On May 11, 2004, at 5:18 PM, Florin Andrei wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 2004-05-11 at 13:42, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote:
>>
>>> On 11 May 2004 10:13:45 -0700
>>> Florin Andrei <florin_AT_andrei.myip.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Anyone has any kind of information about the Apple Lossless codec?
>>>> Any chance to get a Linux implementation?
>>>
>>>
>>> There is alrady an implementation. Its called FLAC:
>>> http://flac.sf.net/
>>> :-)
>>
>>
>> Yeah, right, have you tried to play FLAC files on an iPod? ;-)
>> I was asking seriously.
>>
>> --
>> Florin Andrei
>>
>> http://florin.myip.org/
>>
>
>
>


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