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Re:The Quite OK Audio Format for Fast, Lossy Compression by daneel_w on Wednesday August 09, 2023 @04:06PM (#37067683)
That in terms of quality per any bitrate it comes nowhere near ubiquitous formats like AAC or MP3 when produced with good encoders. But it's good to have (possibly) patent-free solutions available.
Re:The Quite OK Audio Format for Fast, Lossy Compression by jychang on Wednesday August 09, 2023 @08:52PM (#37070446)
MP3 patents expired a long time ago, no?
Re:The Quite OK Audio Format for Fast, Lossy Compression by daneel_w on Thursday August 10, 2023 @05:29AM (#37073878)
Yeah, some 5-10 years ago. I just don't know if there's anything specific in the applied techniques/methods that some troll can still somehow manage to leverage in, say, a court in Texas.