I suspect you're right, but I wouldn't think it would happen any time soon. MP3 is so ubiquitous. You know you can run it on every MP3 player on the planet. I still rip my CD's into MP3 because I never know what my next MP3 player is going to be.
On 06/05/11 19:12, Dane Trethowan wrote: > I'm sure in the future that MP3 will be fazed out too as you can get > better quality out of less band width by using AC or AAC+, that's the > format which is used with DAB+ in Australia and other European > countries, DAB+ being one of the Digital Radio standards. > > > > On 7/05/2011 9:14 AM, Christopher Chaltain wrote: >> Someone would have to look it up, but I doubt MP3 is better quality >> audio than Real Audio. MP3 has been around forever! I also don't think >> Real charged people to use their format, but it is a proprietary format, >> of course, so is MP3 and AAC. I suspect the real difference is just how >> ubiquitous MP3 is and AAC is becoming, with Apple products becoming so >> popular. I don't think Apple products will even play Real or WMA >> formats, so if you want to stream to a Apple device, and who wouldn't, >> then you'll have to use MP3 or AAC. >> >> On 06/05/11 16:53, Dane Trethowan wrote: >>> Better quality audio, MP3 is more standard than Real Audio plus I think >>> that the people at Real charge others for using the Real Audio format. >>> >>> >>> >>> On 7/05/2011 6:55 AM, Anders Holmberg wrote: >>>> Hi! >>>> It seems many has gone from realaudio to other formats. >>>> Here in sweden the Swedish Public radio has gon from real audio and >>>> wma to mp3 and aac. >>>> I am not sure why though. >>>> /A >>>> Steve Pattison skrev 2011-05-06 21:47: >>>>> Hi all, >>>>> >>>>> I'm just wondering if anyone else has noticed a relatively small >>>>> number >>>>> of stations are streming using RealAudio these days? Or perhaps it's >>>>> just me who is noticing this. This could possibly be because RealAudio >>>>> is a very proprietary format. I'd be interested in other people's >>>>> thoughts on this. >>>>> >>>>> Regards Steve >>>>> Email: s...@internode.on.net >>>>> MSN Messenger: internetuser...@hotmail.com >>>>> Skype: steve1963 >>>>> Twitter: steve9782 >>>>> >>>>> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >>>>> pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org >>>>> >>>> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >>>> pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org >>> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >>> pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org >> > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org -- Christopher (CJ) chalt...@gmail.com To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
