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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: Summer of Code 2009Re: Summer of Code 2009
From: Vladimir Pantelic <pan_at_nt.tu-darmstadt.de>
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:11:58 +0100 alex wallis wrote: > > >> Robert Menes wrote: >>> On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 5:31 AM, Dave Chapman <dave_at_dchapman.com> wrote: >>>> I think I would support such an application - audio codecs are always >>>> welcome, even though RealAudio seems to be becoming less and less used >>>> each >>>> year. >>>> >>> >>> While that may be true, there's always the case of that one oddball >>> out there somewhere >>> who hangs on to some old or obscure format and wants to be able to >>> still make use of >>> their files. >>> >>> That being said, I would welcome another new audio codec, and I would >>> welcome RealAudio >>> support. I have a few very old radio shows that I can no longer get >>> that are RA files. >> >> transcode them, no? > > My understanding is that although it is possible to transcode compressed > formats it is never a good idea as the resulting file is never as good > quality as the original. you mentioned "very old radio shows", so how "good" are they to start with :-) Received on 2009-02-24 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |