Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1998 10:42:09 +0100 (BST) From: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> To: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> Cc: multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG, 95ec133@svrec.ernet.in Subject: Re: information about mpeg3 audio compression Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.01.9809151041090.5478-100000@herring.nlsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.980915190306.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
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On Tue, 15 Sep 1998, Daniel O'Connor wrote: > > On 15-Sep-98 Doug Rabson wrote: > > There is a port of the 8hz-mp3 mpeg3 compression utility available in > > FreeBSD. > Well.. there _was_. It can't be distributed because the 8hz guys got a nice letter > from Frauhofer about patent infringments. > So the only choice for mp3 compression at the moment is either write your own, or pay > Frauhofer US$250 for the Linux version. That sucks. How can Frauhofer have a patent on an international standard (rhetorical question). -- Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 181 951 1891 Fax: +44 181 381 1039 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message
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