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Mark asked: > Uh, why not just mp3? MPEG is a mature and robust format. MPEG4 is >quite > amazing IMO. The beauty of the Quicktime format is that it encompasses most of > the major codecs, including MPEG4. Windows Media is actually pretty good too, > and you can get them to play on most macs, though not quite as well. > The reason is streaming, pure and simple. Despite what one might think about people being used to mp3 as a format I think most computer users blanch at the idea of [1] having to download a song before you listen to it, and [2] the file size is prohibitively large. I think mp3, as great as it is, also still has its problems beyond this, but most of the disinformation about Napster/etc (courtesy of the RIAA/Big Five) would have us think that EVERYONE downloads, plays and shares mp3 files. I'm not even sure that it's a 40% penetration yet. QuickTime, alas, has its own predatory processing going on too, though not as bad as Real/AOL, and their download/update process has until recently been flawed at best. Whatever the case is, I refuse to be a pawn in some company's attempt to gain market dominance, like I was for Real. Apple's no more a "kinder gentler" company than anyone else, in any event. S.P. Goodman EarthLight Productions * http://www.earthlight.net/Gallery - Cartoons and Illustrations! http://www.earthlight.net/HiddenTrack - Cartoons via Medialine! > Clifford Novey wrote: > > > I agree- Real One is Satan's spawn- you have to be really determined >and > > patient to root out all the pop ups, auto notify, computer scanning, ultra > > infiltrating crap they include with it. And I too think it sounds >crummy in > > the end anyways but i was 'forced' to install it yesterday as so many folks > > use it. > > I prefer .wma format over all others 9yes I know it is MS product)- sounds > > the best and I can use WinAmp to play them. Too bad it doesent play on the > > Mac platform as it is supposed to. It is also interesting to note that > > WinAmp was bought out by AOL. Isn't AOL linked to Real? They prob own them. > > > > Cliff > > > > > Why should > > > they care? > > > > > > Unfortunately, lots of sites use the format, thanks to Real's ascent >- on > > > most of OUR backs - to dominance in the codec arena. I don't know >why > > > really, given the awful quality of the results their encoders now produce. > > > > >