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Unread post by czech » Tue Jul 12, 2005 4:20 pm

i use the origional winamp
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Unread post by Brock » Fri Jul 15, 2005 1:07 pm

c_tietze wrote:We don't all purchase every piece of shit that Apple puts out.

Can I get a codec for Winamp, for instance that will allow me to play this file? Another thing, when you click the link an error screen pops up.

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a) It's free.
b) EVERY PLAYER AVAILABLE except for Windows Media plays .m4a files. Winamp, VLC, RealPlayer, foobar, QCD, amarok, iTunes...
c) m4a (MPEG4) is a completely open standard authorized by the Motion Picture Experts Group to supersede MPEG3 (mp3), because it's a far superior format. Apple developed some of the technology, as did Dolby, and Apple released every part of it to an open standards body, making it available for use by anyone.
d) Compare that to Windows Media's format (wma), which they are trying to force people to use by not supporting actual standardized audio formats. It only works in Windows Media, its compression system is far lossier, and the entire format is proprietary. No one can use the format unless they license it from Microsoft.
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Unread post by littlefriend » Sat Jul 16, 2005 3:04 pm

Winamp plays .wma files...
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Unread post by Brock » Sat Jul 16, 2005 3:11 pm

WMA v3? (The latest version, codenamed Janus - barely anyone uses it, but it's still only supported by licensed players. Maybe Winamp is licensed, not sure.)
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Unread post by littlefriend » Sat Jul 16, 2005 3:20 pm

I'm not sure about v3. But in your previous post you didn't specify wma v3.
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Unread post by Brock » Sat Jul 16, 2005 3:21 pm

Right, but that's the format that Microsoft is pushing, which is what I was talking about. That wasn't even my main point... that post was rife with complete misinformation regarding MP4, and I was correcting them.
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Unread post by Elliottman » Sat Jul 16, 2005 6:03 pm

bbatsell wrote:Right, but that's the format that Microsoft is pushing, which is what I was talking about. That wasn't even my main point... that post was rife with complete misinformation regarding MP4, and I was correcting them.

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