Today I installed Rhythmbox and Gstreamer for mp3 support. This is a bit different from the standard Fedora installation because part of it is proprietary. That means the owners of the various types of audio compression formats (.mp3/ .wav/ . avi, etc.) own property rights associated with their work, probably a patent. It's not illegal to use the software, but I don't understand the esoteric legal ramifications. (I try to use the word "esoteric" as often as possible.)
There is a free audio codec which loses no quality during compression. It's called FLAC. I can use that when I rip the CD's that I own. There is also the ogg-vorbis compression codec out there, but I need to read up on these a bit more before I choose a personal favorite. Though I like to say "ogg-vorbis" It sounds very intimidating: "Commander, bring me the ogg-vorbis! It shall assist me in prying the secrets from this rebel spy."
The first song I played?
Video Killed the Radio Star by Buggles from Age Of Plastic
Of course.
5 years ago
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