December 2004
Beginner
336 pages
14h 32m
English
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Chapter 9, Create Time-Shifted FM Radio
Audio Recorder
The only decision you have to make during this phase of the project is which
compressed audio format you’re going to use. The major contenders, in my
mind, are MP3 (MPEG-1/2 audio layer 3) and Ogg Vorbis. In a nutshell,
Ogg is free and higher quality, while MP3 is compatible with more portable
devices.
For a comparison of MP3/MP3 Pro, Ogg, WMA (Windows Media Audio), and RA
(Real Audio), check out http://ekei.com/audio/.
MP3 is currently the most popular audio format, and it was my original
choice when I created the first version of Frank. It has serious drawbacks,
though. First, it’s not free—software companies need to pay for a license
to use the format. Visit http://www.mp3licensing.com/royalty/software.html
for a list of prices. Second, the original MP3 format is a bit outdated. There
are several other formats available today that provide higher compression
and/or better sound quality than MP3. There’s even a direct replacement
for MP3, called MP3Pro. MP3Pro improves quality, but it costs even more
than MP3.
Nonetheless, MP3 is attractive because of the wide variety of software that
it is compatible with. For example, I have owned half a dozen different por-
table audio players—everything from an iPod to a car stereo. Some of them
support newer formats, but
all of them support MP3s.
However, Red Hat has decided ...
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