[linux-audio-dev] please help: enumerating library requirements

[Lars Luthman]

On Sat, 2005-07-23 at 08:29 +1000, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote:
> paniq at paniq.org wrote:
> 
> >   Audio Codec Host
> > 
> >    1. Should support reading/writing Ogg Vorbis
> >    2. Should support reading/writing Mp3
> >    3. Should support reading/writing FLAC
> >    4. Should support reading/writing RIFF WAVE (.WAV)
> >    5. Should provide realtime streaming capabilities
> >    6. Should be seekable by sample index
> >    7. Should provide an abstraction that is independent of the format 
> 
> If you are willing to go for a pre-release:
> 
>     http://www.mega-nerd.com/tmp/libsndfile-1.0.12pre10.tar.gz
>
> [...]
>
> Mp3 is problematic because of the MP3 patent issue. I haven't
> investigated it fully, but I may be able to offer MP3 as a format 
> that can be read but not written.

Couldn't someone in a country without software patents code an MP3 write
module that could be distributed as a patch or separate version of
libsndfile? Or are the Fraunhofer patents more than just pure software
patents?

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.

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