On Sat, 2005-07-23 at 08:29 +1000, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote:
paniq(a)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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