--- erik pearson <efric@hotmail.com> wrote:
quoted 2 lines >http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2707267,00.html
>
"The new restrictions in Windows XP won't prevent
other vendors' software applications from recording
MP3 music at a higher fidelity"
So LAME will still work...
"but early testers of beta versions of Windows XP
already complain that the most popular MP3 recording
applications -- which compete with Microsoft's format
-- don't seem to function properly, apparently because
of changes Microsoft made to how data are written on
CD-ROMs under Windows XP."
What do CD-ROMs have to do with MP3-encoding? Once an
MP3 is encoded, it's just another file that can be
burned to a CD-ROM, and I don't see how MS could
interfere with that without major marketing problems.
As for making audio CDs from MP3s, just decode it
first.
I don't see how any MS interference with people using
MP3s and CD-burners in XP could possibly last for
long, for a number of reasons.
Forgive me for being an optimist, but all this "the
consumer will eat what he's given" and "when Microsoft
decides to put something in their operating-system
support, it becomes the standard" stuff just seems to
be giving MS too much credit.
Sure, the average joe might use the newer codecs for
making mix CDs or whatever, but if you want to
distribute your own music, nobody's forcing anyone to
use a certain codec, and there doesn't seem to be
anything really keeping most existing MP3
traders/users from doing what they already do.
I agree with the final quote: "'It's a little like the
VHS tape,' says Steve Banfield, general manager at
RealNetworks. 'DVD is great, but VHS is ubiquitous and
it isn't going away anytime soon.'" After all, I have
yet to do anything with DVD, for a number of reasons -
VHS serves my desires just fine, and will until there
are affordable recordable DVD discs that can function
just like my VHS tapes.
Most people use MP3 simply *BECAUSE* it is free - if
they DO have that option taken away from them, I don't
really see everyone rushing for digital audio formats
as a replacement for CDs - most people will just go
back to CDs.
As for digital audio subscription services, I have one
word: Emusic.
-A$am
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