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Proprietary Formats Suck
Posted 25th October 2007 at 12:06am by M1ke, tagged as Music | Commenting Closed

Despite it being something that most fairly computery people have known for years, formats like WMA and AAC are a bit pants. Paul Thurrott, despite being a bit of a Microsoft fanboy, has written a nice simple article which neatly explains the two competing proprietary formats and how MP3 beats both of them.

Win Supersite: MP3 , One True Format

Admittedly he goes on to say that FLAC and OGG (open source, powerful but poorly supported) formats are to be avoided which is something I disagree with. I would take the stand that these formats are exactly what they appear to be - specialist formats that those who know about them properly will find a use for, wheras those who don't know about them would find no reason to use them anyway. It's unfair to just say that everyone should avoid them - just treat them like heavy machinery. Except you can listen to music drunk. Operating a crane under the influence would probably be a bad idea.

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