From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Michael Hoefling Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 15:58:07 +0000 Subject: Re: good (and free) mp3 encoders? Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable To: linux-sound@vger.kernel.org Michael Stutz wrote: >=20 > On Thu, 20 May 1999, qozmo x xx wrote: >=20 > > hey, can anybody point me toward a good, free mp3 encoder for > > linux that is not a trial version?? >=20 > IIRC there can't be an mp3 encoder that is free software because of patent > problems; I seem to have heard of recent changes in the patent ownership = but > I don't think that the situation has changed. So if we want a free mp3 > encoder, we will have to either convince the patent holders that this is > okay, or design a replacement format that we can use with free software > (this is actually an item on the GNU Task List, but I don't think that > anyone is working on it yet). There IS an free mp3 player for linux!!!! It=B4s called FREEAMP!! I use it!!! It=B4s on the SuSE 6.1 cds!!