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

[Erik de Castro Lopo]

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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