Comments on: MP3 in the Music Store http://popey.com/blog/2010/03/05/mp3-in-the-music-store/ DON'T YOU KNOW WHO I AM!! Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:37:19 +0000 hourly 1 By: Ubuntu drifting away from open source? « U8UNTU eLXER http://popey.com/blog/2010/03/05/mp3-in-the-music-store/comment-page-1/#comment-3089 Ubuntu drifting away from open source? « U8UNTU eLXER Sun, 21 Mar 2010 12:10:40 +0000 http://popey.com/blog/?p=868#comment-3089 [...] then we heard about the move to a closed source Single Sign on Service, now we find out that the Ubuntu Music Store will be sacrificing the open-source ogg-theora format for closed source MP3. Is Ubuntu drifting [...] [...] then we heard about the move to a closed source Single Sign on Service, now we find out that the Ubuntu Music Store will be sacrificing the open-source ogg-theora format for closed source MP3. Is Ubuntu drifting [...]

]]> By: popey http://popey.com/blog/2010/03/05/mp3-in-the-music-store/comment-page-1/#comment-2801 popey Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:06:59 +0000 http://popey.com/blog/?p=868#comment-2801 I find audio playback on my (HTC Hero) Android phone to be abysmal. It skips when mail/sms/tweets come in which makes it unusable for me. My main media player is an iPod, and for me I find the UI of Rockbox to be somewhat less-nice than the stock Apple firmware. When I next buy a device it may well have Ogg audio and video playback capability, but right now I don't have devices that can playback audio and video Ogg. I find audio playback on my (HTC Hero) Android phone to be abysmal. It skips when mail/sms/tweets come in which makes it unusable for me.

My main media player is an iPod, and for me I find the UI of Rockbox to be somewhat less-nice than the stock Apple firmware. When I next buy a device it may well have Ogg audio and video playback capability, but right now I don’t have devices that can playback audio and video Ogg.

]]> By: Fabian Rodriguez http://popey.com/blog/2010/03/05/mp3-in-the-music-store/comment-page-1/#comment-2798 Fabian Rodriguez Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:21:29 +0000 http://popey.com/blog/?p=868#comment-2798 That's weird. All my digital devices play Ogg Vorbis. A quick search on Rockbox even lets you choose hardware that can get firmware that supports it. All Android devices also support Ogg Vorbis (and FLAC for those using Cyanogen). I suggest next time you shop around you check this list and vote with your money: http://wiki.xiph.org/Vorbis_Hardware I personally prefer FLAC and convert on-the-fly when transferring to media (except on my Android phone where it's supported in Cyanogen). That’s weird. All my digital devices play Ogg Vorbis. A quick search on Rockbox even lets you choose hardware that can get firmware that supports it. All Android devices also support Ogg Vorbis (and FLAC for those using Cyanogen).

I suggest next time you shop around you check this list and vote with your money:
http://wiki.xiph.org/Vorbis_Hardware

I personally prefer FLAC and convert on-the-fly when transferring to media (except on my Android phone where it’s supported in Cyanogen).

]]> By: Dan Dart http://popey.com/blog/2010/03/05/mp3-in-the-music-store/comment-page-1/#comment-2795 Dan Dart Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:56:47 +0000 http://popey.com/blog/?p=868#comment-2795 I hope so too, else it'll make Bibud Player all slow and difficult. I hope so too, else it’ll make Bibud Player all slow and difficult.

]]> By: popey http://popey.com/blog/2010/03/05/mp3-in-the-music-store/comment-page-1/#comment-2768 popey Sat, 06 Mar 2010 17:03:48 +0000 http://popey.com/blog/?p=868#comment-2768 Ah I didn't appreciate the impact of that wording. It seems 'Rest of World' is shorthand for 'territories that 7digital doesn't have licensing agreements with'. Ah I didn’t appreciate the impact of that wording. It seems ‘Rest of World’ is shorthand for ‘territories that 7digital doesn’t have licensing agreements with’.

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