How long do you think it will be before the mp3 format is superseded?
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March 12th, 2008
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egh i cant stand ogg or FLAC they aren’t compatible enough yet
this is an interesting question…there have been several compression formats around for a while (ogg vorbis and flac are great examples) that not only offer better sound quality but also smaller file sizes as well…
However, it’s really hard to compete with a format that has such wide interoperability and acceptance (mp3)
It sucks to know there are many better options out there that will not be widely adopted because of entrenched systems/vendors
aac has no chance. i personally hate the sound quality
it already has. Would you buy a music player that only plays mp3s?
When it becomes viable and practical to quickly and easily share cd quality audio at which point some loss-less format will probably win out.
because 124kbps rips just don’t cut it.
MP3 already has been superseded—by ogg vorbis, FLAC, and AAC.
@ishotthesheriff: the people who have purchased over one billion songs from the iTunes music store clearly disagree.
i’d say that’s b/c most people on itunes are 16 year old girls buying 50-cent and kanye west albums/songs and can’t really tell the difference.
but yeah, aac is obviously used a lot b/c of itunes & iPods.
i just don’t like it.
It’s also used in DVD’s and BluRay.
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