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minus-squaregrey_maniaclinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoAdvanced Audio Coding (AAC) is patented and requires a license for legal use.
minus-squareWolfLink@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·2 months agoI mean so is MP3. If you really want to be a non-proprietary purist you need to rely on Opus for a lossy audio compression, which is not as widely supported in music players as MP3 or AAC.
minus-squareWalter van Holst@eupolicy.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months ago@WolfLink @grey_maniac The MP3 patents are no longer valid…
Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) is patented and requires a license for legal use.
I mean so is MP3. If you really want to be a non-proprietary purist you need to rely on Opus for a lossy audio compression, which is not as widely supported in music players as MP3 or AAC.
MP3’s licenses and patents have expired.
@WolfLink @grey_maniac The MP3 patents are no longer valid…