On Tue, Jul 16, 2002 at 03:43:38PM +0100, skism wrote:
quoted 9 lines One of the big problems with compressed digital audio is that all of the> > > One of the big problems with compressed digital audio is that all of the
> > > new consumer toys coming out are mp3-oriented.
> >
> > And we believe that MP3's are here to stay, or will they also soon
> > Betamax out of existence, making all our libraries obsolete and
> > unplayable??
>
> That's not a problem with digital, if a new format comes along you can
> just convert the whole lot to the new format in one go.
I doubt that mp3 codecs are going to go out of fashion anytime soon, the shear
volume of peoples collections means that it will still be supported for at
least 10 years and I don't see anybody not including the codecs in software.
Adam
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