Comment Re:MP3 should be left alone (Score 1) 283
Why are they bothering with this? All the other standards that came after MP3 (AAC/Quicktime, Ogg, WMA) learned from MP3 and improved on it significantly. What's the issue with backward compatibility? Every player out there now can already play better formats.
This is like trying to "improve" a car that's 30 years old when instead you could just have a modern car that doesn't need to be improved. Might be a fun hobby, but doesn't make sense as business idea.
I would think people bother with it because its still the star of the show when it comes to nomenclature and acceptability. Lots of people know what MP3s are but if tell someone to listen to this OGG file you have, they will just stare at you blankly. For a format like this the creator is hoping the next best thing is right around the corner for the audio format revolution cause he knows the masses will pay attention to a name like MP3.
They are just trying to improve the defacto format for listening to music even if it is just "an old out of date car."
This is like trying to "improve" a car that's 30 years old when instead you could just have a modern car that doesn't need to be improved. Might be a fun hobby, but doesn't make sense as business idea.
I would think people bother with it because its still the star of the show when it comes to nomenclature and acceptability. Lots of people know what MP3s are but if tell someone to listen to this OGG file you have, they will just stare at you blankly. For a format like this the creator is hoping the next best thing is right around the corner for the audio format revolution cause he knows the masses will pay attention to a name like MP3.
They are just trying to improve the defacto format for listening to music even if it is just "an old out of date car."
