Re: [flac-dev] flac-dev Digest, Vol 100, Issue 36

2013-03-15 Thread Marcus Johnson
I don't think you guys should worry too much about messing up old decoders, but no matter what you choose to do FLAC MUST REMAIN LOSSLESS. On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 5:06 PM, wrote: > Send flac-dev mailing list submissions to > flac-dev@xiph.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the Worl

Re: [flac-dev] flac-dev Digest, Vol 100, Issue 36

2013-03-15 Thread Erik de Castro Lopo
Marcus Johnson wrote: > I don't think you guys should worry too much about messing up old decoders, What about the hardware decoders? > but no matter what you choose to do FLAC MUST REMAIN LOSSLESS. That has always been and will remain goal #1 for FLAC. Erik -- ---

Re: [flac-dev] flac-dev Digest, Vol 100, Issue 36

2013-03-15 Thread LRN
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 15.03.2013 12:09, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: > Marcus Johnson wrote: >> but no matter what you choose to do FLAC MUST REMAIN LOSSLESS. > > That has always been and will remain goal #1 for FLAC. FLAC stands for Free Lossless Audio Codec, so "lossy F

Re: [flac-dev] flac-dev Digest, Vol 100, Issue 36

2013-03-15 Thread Declan Kelly
On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 12:42:10PM +0400, lrn1...@gmail.com wrote: > > That said, "L" could also stand for "Lossy". Should have named it > "FLLAC" - "LL" for "Loss-Less". But anyone who knows the difference between lossy and lossless will know which one the L in FLAC stands for. Everyone else ca

Re: [flac-dev] flac-dev Digest, Vol 100, Issue 36

2013-03-15 Thread Declan Kelly
On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 03:22:24AM -0400, bumblebritche...@gmail.com wrote: > > I don't think you guys should worry too much about messing up old decoders, Old decoders are everywhere, and not always easy to update or replace. For example: DVD players, in-car audio servers, broadcast facilities.