[linux-audio-user] Re: ogg for Windows made really easy

[Paul]

Lee Revell <rlrevell at joe-job.com>, on Sun Jan 15, 2006 [02:22:45 PM] said:
> 
> Personally I think it's a losing battle to ask Windows users to use
> anything but WMP.  Like it or not MP3 is the standard.  We need to make
> MP3 "Just Work" on Linux.
> 
> MP3 is not a "closed format" it just has some patent issues (which may
> not be issues at all).
> 
> I find it amusing that so many people who won't use MP3 due to its
> "encumbrance" will happily run the proprietary Nvidia driver...
> 
> Lee
> 

	Hi;

	There is some possibility of having mp3 'just work' after
Fluendo licensed the mp3 'tech'. I dont know how much of a practical
effect this will have for the various distributions, however:

http://lwn.net/Articles/165985/

Paul
set at pobox.com