[LAU] About Soundcloud

Michał Koziarski koshimazaki at fastmail.fm
Fri Nov 2 13:43:10 UTC 2012


On Wed, Oct 31, 2012, at 22:39, Leigh Dyer wrote:
> 
> At Bandcamp we have the same problem, and we currently solve it in the 
> same way -- by using HTML5 on browsers that support it, and using Flash 
> elsewhere. Switching to open codecs (eg: Vorbis) that are supported in 
> Firefox is not a practical solution, since Apple and MS have so far 
> refused to support them.

Is it not an option to serve both formats to satisfy both vorbis and
mp3-capable browsers? Just curious about the perspective of someone
working in the area. I work as a web developer but my work doesn't have
much to do with audio, though I hope that will change one day.

Thanks,
Michał


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