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Seriously, MP3? Not only is it old and poor quality compared to modern alternatives, by hosting an MP3 encoder it appears you are liable for a minimum royalty o

Seriously, MP3? Not only is it old and poor quality compared to modern alternatives, by hosting an MP3 encoder it appears you are liable for a minimum royalty of $15,000 USD/year[1], because it's a patented format. This is why we need open codecs: Vorbis or Opus are much better quality and free to use! [1] http://mp3licensing.com/royalty/software.html http://mp3licensing.com/royalty/software.html

huskyr 11y ago
MP3 is the only audio format that works across all browsers. Vorbis and Opus only work on Firefox, Chrome and Opera. Aside from that, your comment could really be stated in a less harsh way.
- frozenport 11y ago
  Also AAC in MP4* *https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Supported_media_formats https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Supported_...
- fabrixxm 11y ago
  Which is more than what the library supports right now > The library just work in Chrome and Firefox right now. :-)
- sdfg55 11y ago
  MP3 does not work unless explicitly installed for many GNU/Linux distributions. I would not install it.
- hn_throwaway321 11y ago
  Why is there so much snark with programmers? It's a real deterrent for either hackers trying to make something useful or for new-comers interested in programming
rplnt 11y ago
(Almost) completely unrelated.. why do HW manufacturers still use HDMI?
- dublinben 11y ago
  Momentum, and it supports longer cable lengths (>3 meters) than DisplayPort.