[Informatics] RIP MP3

[Mark]

Hi all

In case you had not noticed this milestone, MP3 is now officially dead.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-05-15/mp3-founders-terminate-licensing-program/8526292

Long live (lossy) AAC.
But I prefer lossless FLAC.

Because: who needs to compress audio in these days of multi-gigabyte media
player devices, 10TB hard disks, and broadband transmission speeds?
And if your device can't decode FLAC, you *really* need a new player.

So, off you go. Avert the digital dark age.
Convert your MP3 files to another format before software makers discard MP3
and the format becomes as unreadable as a 5.25" floppy disk.

Yes, converting your lossy MP3 files to AAC will cost you a
generational loss of quality.
That's why lossless formats such as FLAC are preferable.

Have fun

Mark

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Mark Kelly

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http://vceit.com

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