Well... The hype around Ogg Vorbis irks me more than the hype around MP3 and licensing... See, Fraunhofer-IIT isn't really knocking down anyone's doors saying "all your mp3 are belong to us." They are asking for royalties for software which implements the MP3 standards, but they're not being very aggressive about that either. I agree that Ogg, if sufficiently developed, is a good eventual replacement for MP3, but I am certainly not going to re-rip my entire CD collection just to get the newest geekiest format on the block. That despite my love for all things new and geeky.

Ogg doesn't really offer much over MP3 right now, and encoders and players are just starting to deliver Ogg input/output plugins. I don't see the format growing very quickly. What's the real reason for switching right now?

And.. wait a minute, the OGG implementation for ARM is COMMERCIAL?? That doesn't sound right to me.. Kind of defeats the purpose of switching to a "royalty free" format.

-Tony
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