Fuck WMA.Quote:
Originally Posted by OmniGear
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Fuck WMA.Quote:
Originally Posted by OmniGear
Well... yeah.Quote:
Originally Posted by sphere79
That actually doesn't help me much.
Reasons? Outside of "Microsoft is the devil".Quote:
Fuck WMA.
I don't use WMA outside of my Xbox or anything, I'm just curious about it.
All compression sounds like shit. All of it. 320 kbps mp3's sound like shit. WMA's sound like shit. AAC sounds like shit. Ogg sounds like shit. WAV audio does not sound like shit.
You have to balance how much quality loss you're willing to deal with, with how much convenience it gives you.
I can't remember who I started typing this for, looking back over it, and the thread I realize this really doesn't have much to do with anything. I am going to post it anyway.
That's cool. Please explain yourself. I guess some average stupid like me can't really tell the difference in compression rates, but as long as I hear my bleep's and bloop's and hear some random emo person screaming at the top of his lungs, the only thing I can really tell that's any different from the various compression files is that some are louder and some are... not... louder.Quote:
Originally Posted by Josh
Please explain.
You must have shitty ears. That or you only listen to shit so you don't know any better.
Just about every modern compression scheme - OGG, WMA, MP3pro, AAC, etc. does that. Its really not an amazing feat.Quote:
Originally Posted by OmniGear
WMA has a lossless mode.
I'm actually not into that whole "Micro$oft is the devil" BS. They very well may be, but LOTS of companies are corrupt. Instead of wasting so much energy on one in particular, we should focus on fixing the system that allowed things to get this way in the first place. Everything will fix itself top-down.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tain
Anyway....... I prefer using a non-proprietary codec (or at least one not controlled by a single content provider) or better yet open source. Yea, I know MP3 isn't OS but the fact that everyone and their mother supports it makes it universal. Notice the push by corporations (content providers and some bigger hardware manufacturers) from "MP3 players" to "digital media players"?
MP3 caught them off guard, and formats like .wma are their way of attempting to regain the control they seem to think is theirs. Controlled, encrypted environments where the provider tells you when, where why and how - period. It doesn't ideally exist with todays systems, but hardware is being manufactured as we speak that could make it a reality if they get their way. Welcome to "trusted computing".
I'm still pissed that one of the last CD's I bought contained a program which would have tried to install software on my PC (it didn't because auto-run is disabled as it should be). This software would have tried to make it impossible for my computer to rip the album, and when trying to just play the CD it would require access to the internet to verify the low bit-rate shitty sounding encrypted .wma files before playing them instead of the actual audio on the damn disc. In fact, the back of the disc states that it is UNLAWFUL to use it in my PC any other way............
It says I should copy the .wma's to my digital media player (too bad I have an MP3 player) for use in a digital format and on top of that - sorry, no iPods supported at this time.
So once again: fuck WMA - that's just what first came to mind so I typed it.
- On a somewhat related topic I was looking to see if any of the pay online music services would give me VBR MP3's, and I found one. They don't have alot of commercial stuff ( there is some ) mostly independant, smaller labels but it's cheap and there's some great finds. I've liked the comedy, George Carlin, Lewis Black, and even some John Valby! I've haven't heard him since I was 13 and listening to my uncles records.... Anyway emusic.com , give them a credit card and get 50 downloads instantly. Cancel before the month is up and it's free, if not you are billed $9.95 a month for 40 dl's a month, or $19.99 for 90 if you like. If you need more Booster packs are $5 for 10 songs, $10 for 25 and $15 for 50. The music is high-quality VBR MP3 with no strings attached, I've found some new music (you can preview clips) and gotten a ton of spoken word, comedy, etc. For $35, I've downloaded 177 tracks. I fear they may not be mainstream enough to survive, but we'll see.
You couldn't afford me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Josh
.... wait, I take that back. I forgot for a moment that I'm a total whore for electronics and brand name goods.
The actual "Suffle Song" menu item on the iPod, to me, is pretty worthless. I have on my iPod Japanese stuff, Korean stuff, English stuff, comedy albums, and a variety of other stuff. Hearing five minutes of Lewis Black, and then Snoop, and then some cutesy J-pop song isn't my idea of a great time with shuffle. Apple really needs to give people the ability to connect Shuffle Song to a playlist or something. But, I always keep my iPod on shuffle anyhow, so I probably wouldn't use it.
And indeed... f**k WMA. Who in their right mind would ever use WMA as their main format for ripping and playing music.