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Re: Show HN: Microm – JavaScript library to convert microphone to mp3 in the browser

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Post by AshleysBrain »

Seriously, MP3? Not only is it old and poor quality compared to modern alternatives, by hosting an MP3 encoder it appears you are liable for a minimum royalty of $15,000 USD/year[1], because it's a patented format.

This is why we need open codecs: Vorbis or Opus are much better quality and free to use!

[1] http://mp3licensing.com/royalty/software.html

Re: Show HN: Microm – JavaScript library to convert microphone to mp3 in the browser

#5

Post by huskyr »

AshleysBrain wrote: post #3

Seriously, MP3? Not only is it old and poor quality compared to modern alternatives, by hosting an MP3 encoder it appears you are liable for a minimum royalty of $15,000 USD/year[1], because it's a patented format. This is why we need open codecs: Vorbis or Opus are much better quality and free to use! [1] http://mp3licensing.com/royalty/software.html

MP3 is the only audio format that works across all browsers. Vorbis and Opus only work on Firefox, Chrome and Opera.

Aside from that, your comment could really be stated in a less harsh way.

Re: Show HN: Microm – JavaScript library to convert microphone to mp3 in the browser

#6

Post by frozenport »

huskyr wrote: post #5
AshleysBrain wrote: post #3

Seriously, MP3? Not only is it old and poor quality compared to modern alternatives, by hosting an MP3 encoder it appears you are liable for a minimum royalty of $15,000 USD/year[1], because it's a patented format. This is why we need open codecs: Vorbis or Opus are much better quality and free to use! [1] http://mp3licensing.com/royalty/software.html

MP3 is the only audio format that works across all browsers. Vorbis and Opus only work on Firefox, Chrome and Opera. Aside from that, your comment could really be stated in a less harsh way.

Also AAC in MP4*

*https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Supported_...

Re: Show HN: Microm – JavaScript library to convert microphone to mp3 in the browser

#7

Post by rplnt »

AshleysBrain wrote: post #3

Seriously, MP3? Not only is it old and poor quality compared to modern alternatives, by hosting an MP3 encoder it appears you are liable for a minimum royalty of $15,000 USD/year[1], because it's a patented format. This is why we need open codecs: Vorbis or Opus are much better quality and free to use! [1] http://mp3licensing.com/royalty/software.html

(Almost) completely unrelated.. why do HW manufacturers still use HDMI?

Re: Show HN: Microm – JavaScript library to convert microphone to mp3 in the browser

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Post by fabrixxm »

huskyr wrote: post #5
AshleysBrain wrote: post #3

Seriously, MP3? Not only is it old and poor quality compared to modern alternatives, by hosting an MP3 encoder it appears you are liable for a minimum royalty of $15,000 USD/year[1], because it's a patented format. This is why we need open codecs: Vorbis or Opus are much better quality and free to use! [1] http://mp3licensing.com/royalty/software.html

MP3 is the only audio format that works across all browsers. Vorbis and Opus only work on Firefox, Chrome and Opera. Aside from that, your comment could really be stated in a less harsh way.

Which is more than what the library supports right now

> The library just work in Chrome and Firefox right now.

:-)

Re: Show HN: Microm – JavaScript library to convert microphone to mp3 in the browser

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Post by sdfg55 »

huskyr wrote: post #5
AshleysBrain wrote: post #3

Seriously, MP3? Not only is it old and poor quality compared to modern alternatives, by hosting an MP3 encoder it appears you are liable for a minimum royalty of $15,000 USD/year[1], because it's a patented format. This is why we need open codecs: Vorbis or Opus are much better quality and free to use! [1] http://mp3licensing.com/royalty/software.html

MP3 is the only audio format that works across all browsers. Vorbis and Opus only work on Firefox, Chrome and Opera. Aside from that, your comment could really be stated in a less harsh way.

MP3 does not work unless explicitly installed for many GNU/Linux distributions. I would not install it.

Re: Show HN: Microm – JavaScript library to convert microphone to mp3 in the browser

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Post by hn_throwaway321 »

huskyr wrote: post #5
AshleysBrain wrote: post #3

Seriously, MP3? Not only is it old and poor quality compared to modern alternatives, by hosting an MP3 encoder it appears you are liable for a minimum royalty of $15,000 USD/year[1], because it's a patented format. This is why we need open codecs: Vorbis or Opus are much better quality and free to use! [1] http://mp3licensing.com/royalty/software.html

MP3 is the only audio format that works across all browsers. Vorbis and Opus only work on Firefox, Chrome and Opera. Aside from that, your comment could really be stated in a less harsh way.

Why is there so much snark with programmers? It's a real deterrent for either hackers trying to make something useful or for new-comers interested in programming
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