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exweedfarmer
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It looks as though the folks who invented MP3 are becomming upset with people using their encoding scheme without paying them for a license. This being the case, would you convert away from MP3 to one of the other compression formats?
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knightshow
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Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 3:59 pm |
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no I'd just pay for a license!
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Jian
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Give it a few more years; PC or laptop HDD will be so huge that mp3 is irrelevant. For mobile audio devices with limited HD space mp3 may still be the way but there is .wma
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exweedfarmer
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Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 5:48 pm |
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I have not reaserched this but from what I have heard the license is $10,000 bucks or commercial application. That would buy a lot of hard drives.
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lyquiddye
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It will never happen. If it does people will have a way around it.
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kayleigh
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Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 7:54 pm |
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exweedfarmer @ Sun Apr 01, 2007 9:18 am wrote: It looks as though the folks who invented MP3 are becoming upset with people using their encoding scheme without paying them for a license. This being the case, would you convert away from MP3 to one of the other compression formats?
I would. My hosting program also supports uncompressed WAV+G and (I believe) OGG+G, which is supposed to have superior sound quality per MB than MP3.
If Thompson/Fraunhofer decides to fight for their patent rights, I wonder if they'll get bogged down in the same mire that's plagued the parties fighting over the legal patents for UNIX...?
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DannyG2006
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Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 8:25 pm |
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kayleigh @ Thu Apr 05, 2007 10:54 pm wrote: exweedfarmer @ Sun Apr 01, 2007 9:18 am wrote: It looks as though the folks who invented MP3 are becoming upset with people using their encoding scheme without paying them for a license. This being the case, would you convert away from MP3 to one of the other compression formats? I would. My hosting program also supports uncompressed WAV+G and (I believe) OGG+G, which is supposed to have superior sound quality per MB than MP3. If Thompson/Fraunhofer decides to fight for their patent rights, I wonder if they'll get bogged down in the same mire that's plagued the parties fighting over the legal patents for UNIX...? What hosting program is this?
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Tigrr27
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Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 9:57 pm |
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ClubDJ Pro 2 plays the following karaoke formats:
Karaoke Formats: MP3+G, WMA+G, OGG+G, WAV+G, MP4+G, AAC+G, M4A+G, and also supports zipped karaoke formats!
I don't know if it is the software she uses....
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exweedfarmer
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Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 8:27 am |
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Do any of you computer based folk currently use anything other than MP3?
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Lonman
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Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 9:39 am |
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exweedfarmer @ Sat Apr 07, 2007 8:27 am wrote: Do any of you computer based folk currently use anything other than MP3?
I use Hosters kma files. The other program I looked at before Hoster allowed use of wav+g & almost considered it, but the files would have been much larger & would have required almost 3 x the size hard drive. _________________ LIKE Lonman on Facebook - Lonman Productions Karaoke & my main site via my profile!
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Murray C
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Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 10:52 am |
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Would not the WAV+G give a much better sound quality over a PA system than any compressed format? Or is the difference negligible/acceptable for this purpose?
I have been creating/using mp3 files using s/w and players that are included in the 'licenced' list, so I don't fell I have any need to change to another format, but would be interested in others' views about the sound quality issues of compressed formats.
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Lonman
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Murrlyn @ Sat Apr 07, 2007 10:52 am wrote: Would not the WAV+G give a much better sound quality over a PA system than any compressed format? Or is the difference negligible/acceptable for this purpose?
I have been creating/using mp3 files using s/w and players that are included in the 'licenced' list, so I don't fell I have any need to change to another format, but would be interested in others' views about the sound quality issues of compressed formats.
Of course the wav file is going to give the absolute best sound closest or equal to the cd itself.
As far as compressed files, it completely depends on the rate at which they are all ripped. The lower the bitrate, the worse the sound. _________________ LIKE Lonman on Facebook - Lonman Productions Karaoke & my main site via my profile!
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Kellyoke
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I have found the Hoster kma. file to be better (to the ear) than any mp3. And they are smaller than the mp3's.
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exweedfarmer
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Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 5:31 pm |
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I strongly suspect that a KMA file is just an encrypted WMA file. Maybe Karaoketools from MTU can shed some more light on that?
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DannyG2006
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exweedfarmer @ Sat Apr 07, 2007 8:31 pm wrote: I strongly suspect that a KMA file is just an encrypted WMA file. Maybe Karaoketools from MTU can shed some more light on that?
My understanding is that it is MTU's proprietary format based on WMA technology.
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freddt
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Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 11:26 pm |
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i cant affort to buy hoster its too much money.... but i have a few thousand songs of kma what should i do =(
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Lonman
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Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 7:24 am |
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freddt @ Mon Apr 09, 2007 11:26 pm wrote: i cant affort to buy hoster its too much money.... but i have a few thousand songs of kma what should i do =(
How did you acquire the kma files unless you ripped them - or are these not legal files? ONLY MTU products can create KMA files - either Hoster or Microstudio & only these 2 products can play them back! _________________ LIKE Lonman on Facebook - Lonman Productions Karaoke & my main site via my profile!
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