Re: promoting free media codecs from GNOME

[Sean Middleditch <elanthis awesomeplay com>]

On Thu, 2004-05-06 at 11:44, Ross Burton wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-05-06 at 16:38, Sean Middleditch wrote:
> > I've heard two friends call wave files "Wave format MP3s" for example.
> 
> Which exist -- MPEG 2 layer 3 encoded data inside a WAV wrapper.
> 
> However, I know that isn't the point.  :)
> 
> I'd still say the majority will know, and those which don't will learn
> quickly.

Eh, alright.  Good enough for me. ;-)

> 
> Hopefully the tools they use to actually put the files on the player
> (someone best writing something better than mounting and using nautilus)
> can use the USB ID to detect the type of player and alert the user if
> they are trying to put Oggs on a MP3-only device.
> 
> Ross
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