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    THIS is why DRM is bad...

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Greg, Jun 19, 2008.

  1. Rogresalor

    Rogresalor Notebook Enthusiast

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    I just copy my collection with WMP and then convert the lossless WMA to OGG Vorbis. Far better sound with less bitrate. Some songs are only at 96 kbps and they sounds still good. CD colletion is at 160 kbps and I hear no difference with MP3 at 320 kbps.

    Download VLC and play on. I see nothing about DRM in my Vista setup. I prefer Vorbis above all other formats any kind alike.
     
  2. sirmetman

    sirmetman Notebook Virtuoso

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    You know of any portable players that can play OGG though?
     
  3. Rogresalor

    Rogresalor Notebook Enthusiast

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    This is not a concern of here. Look at Google and find many.
    http://www.google.nl/search?source=ig&hl=nl&rlz=1G1GGLQ_NLNL277&q=ogg+vorbis+portable+player&****=

    And have some fun ;)

    Personally I find Vorbis the best codec ever in existence. Why this crewl mark?

    DRM is not any issue on Vorbis
    Far more sound quality on lower bitrates. Ogg at 160kbps is equal to MP3 256kbps with the LAME -insane setting enabled.
    Less change on virusses spread in the header of the file like a tag or executable.
    Don't use tags and rename the file more properly. 253+3 unicode characters is enough I guess ;) Even FAT32 supports such long names, but not unicode, so make a tasklist.

    Just my 2 cents ;)
     
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