From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 22 14:08:47 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A941F16A41A; Sun, 22 Jul 2007 14:08:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from smithi@nimnet.asn.au) Received: from gaia.nimnet.asn.au (nimbin.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.45.143]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A908313C46E; Sun, 22 Jul 2007 14:08:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from smithi@nimnet.asn.au) Received: from localhost (smithi@localhost) by gaia.nimnet.asn.au (8.8.8/8.8.8R1.5) with SMTP id XAA01684; Sun, 22 Jul 2007 23:56:27 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from smithi@nimnet.asn.au) Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2007 23:56:26 +1000 (EST) From: Ian Smith To: Ben Kaduk In-Reply-To: <47d0403c0707210900q2978ea1ej60b5ee3516fe1f32@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org, Michael Nottebrock Subject: Re: audio CD's in SCSI drives -- syntax? X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2007 14:08:47 -0000 On Sat, 21 Jul 2007, Ben Kaduk wrote: > On 7/21/07, Michael Nottebrock wrote: > > Ben Kaduk schrieb: [..] > > The mp3 player paragraph probably could do with a rewrite as well, > > although it might be hard to come up with a substitute to XMMS - not > > because XMMS is so great and popular still, but mostly because there is > > so much more choice now. mpg123 on the other hand is very outdated and > > should probably be substituted with madplay. > > I will look at madplay. mpg123 works as well as ever :) maybe in addition rather than instead? > > Finally, if you want to look at the big picture, the whole section 7.3 > > is somewhat outdated and in need of a rewrite, given that there are > > plenty of popular alternatives to mp3 available, including lossless > > compressors, and mp3 itself is encumbered by that patent and the lame > > port is thus restricted. It seems to me that re-dedicating section 7.3 > > to CD backups (with mentioning the possible formats to backup to) might > > be the way to go. Of course, that's all easy to say for me who never > > writes any documentation, but just in case someone reads this and feels > > inspired ... Me neither (re writing doc) but again, mp3 isn't likely going away, though it's always good to suggest and cover more alternatives .. My 2c, keep the change, Ian