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List:       kde-multimedia
Subject:    Re: mp3 decoder zoo
From:       Neil Stevens <neil () qualityassistant ! com>
Date:       2002-05-03 11:50:26
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On Friday May 03, 2002 02:14, Martin Vogt wrote:
> Hello,
>
> kde-mm has now all the major mp3 decoders which exists
> in CVS.

Yup.  Different users have different wants, which can't be met by one 
decoder.  Some PlayObjects sound better according to some users, some 
PlayObjects skip less according to others.  So let's keep choice.

> Anyone interested to reduce the mp3 decoder zoo?

I'd be interested in seeing decoding moved into an aRts interface, with 
decoders made into aRts plugins.  I'd not be interested in seeing decoders 
removed for the sake of having fewer decoders.

> (and the vorbis plugin based on this source)

What does this have to do with the rest of the mail?

> decide wether to go with libmad or splay.
> libmad is very fast, but im not sure
> if the api is ready for streaming.
> And its "only" GPL, maybe we should
> have for mp3 decoding an LGPL decoder?
> (splay is slow but LGPL.)

GPL would be ridiculous to expect all apps to use.  However if you do this 
through aRts, then the licensing problem becomes much less urgent.

- -- 
Neil Stevens - neil@qualityassistant.com
"I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding
because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they
have not a single political argument left." - Margaret Thatcher
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