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#257188 - 30/05/2005 05:12 MP3Pro Support
GeorgeU new poster Registered: 13/04/2005 Posts: 25	What is the chance of version 3.0 supporting MP3pro as a format? This would mean better quality for lower bitrates, which has the potential to save space on the machine. I don't know what the legal / licensing implications are for this, but I think it would be a nice inclusion if it can be done.
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#257189 - 30/05/2005 10:24 Re: MP3Pro Support [Re: GeorgeU]
tman carpal tunnel Registered: 24/12/2001 Posts: 5528	Very unlikely to happen as you have to pay extra licensing fees for the MP3Pro codec along with actually finding an optimised ARM version of it. How much music do you have anyway? It's possible to put 2x 100GB drives into the empeg which should be plenty (Paul excluded)
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#257190 - 30/05/2005 15:24 Re: MP3Pro Support [Re: GeorgeU]
DeadFire addict Registered: 30/05/2002 Posts: 695	Quote: ... better quality for lower bitrates... Probably not what you want to hear, but this is already done with Ogg Vorbis. I have converted all of my music to OGG at half the bitrate my MP3s were, and the sound quality is equal if not better, both in-car and at home. Of course this requires version 3 of the player software. I myself have been using 3alpha8 for months with no major problems.
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#257191 - 30/05/2005 22:25 Re: MP3Pro Support [Re: tman]
GeorgeU new poster Registered: 13/04/2005 Posts: 25	Yeah! I thought as much, but I thought it was worth asking anyway. Thanks for clearing that up though
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#257192 - 30/05/2005 23:11 Re: MP3Pro Support [Re: GeorgeU]
tman carpal tunnel Registered: 24/12/2001 Posts: 5528	No prob. Welcome to the BBS
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