>>167 What else is the problem? mp3 can now be used freely, and it's a widely used audio format. The only thing I could see overtaking it is ogg due to Wikimedia/Wikipedia widely promoting it.
>>163 The human ear might not be able to hear anything more than 192 Kbps (I don't know, I am not an expert on this topic) but it can definitely hear the shitty mp3 compression.
mp3 is still fine for most distribution. Especially if you're running a simple podcast or something of the sort.
And?
Using the most popular and well-established format means the widest distribution accessible. Everyone using an ancient 486 running Windows 95 and Winamp 2 (or an ancient Linux/BSD distribution running an old version of the first XMMS) to the latest tech would be able to play it.
Not really, there is support for vorbis literally everywhere.
If I'm driving a car made between ca. 2003 - 2012, it'll have a USB port that could play MP3 (and only MP3) off a flash drive. The same goes for all kind of stereos, TVs, clock radios, etc. It just works.
Also there exists extremely optimized decoding software for MP3 on all these embedded devices. The ones that support Vorbis just use shitty GNU tier FOSS code to so and drain the battery quick.
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Anonymous2018-01-18 0:30
because everyone knows proprietary mp3 decoders perform much better than FOSS ones
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Anonymous2018-01-18 0:47
Proprietary consumerist manchildren ruining the world for everyone.
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Anonymous2018-01-22 17:41
Today when I had a break in mathematical analysis, a student asked me if I had gotten the PMP I was waiting for, and then he asked to try it out. Now this guy is a music nerd, he has no hobbies, hates playing games (any kind, they are a waste of time according to him). When he's asked about his hobby he says "listening to music". So the guy is really into that. He borrows my headphones, puts on "Miles Davis - Flamenco Sketches" in FLAC of course (the PMP is a Cowon J3).
And after a couple of minutes he's about to explode, he says he hasn't heard anything that even compares to the audio quality of this setup. He says that he can't believe that anything could sound this good.
Also, I have some mp3 on my PMP (for rare stuff I haven't been able to find in FLAC, even got hold of CDs of it but they were scratched which ruined the RIP) and the difference is very very audible.
I can't believe this is still discussed.
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Anonymous2018-01-22 18:26
>>184 who cares what some asperger case thinks tbh
>>192 Look, anus. A kosher anus meme, it's the same meme than when you arrived and start being overly enthousiastic about the culture, and, being the obnoxious anus that you still are, tried to police everything and everybody. Lol! The other car road is a cudder road. Get it? YHBT. EXPERT PROGRAMMER of /prog/ U MENA HASKEL and read SICP The post is even saged. Such an oldfag, lol
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Anonymous2018-01-22 21:40
Some programs don't support mp3 because it used to be covered by patents in the US. Considering that you should not use mp3 unless if you do not care about people in limited environments or with older software.