Hey - where's the mention of ATRAC !??!
[sony's proprietory format for some players]
[and don't forget .ape either, but I've never used them]
Personally, I used to rip mine in 192kb/MP3/VBR....Then I moved to the same rates, but in OGG. I'd love to spread the open source goodness of OGG, as well as their tag situation [slightly different than MP3].
FLAC, IMHO is just overkill - won't gain any ground until most internet users have a fat T3 Pipe
Also, while on the FLAC FAQ, it said that there isn't any ability to include tags with your files [a bit confused on that, if someone would like to clarify that for me]
[jeez, those audiofiles are a bit too picky !]
One question I have for the scenesters: Why does the music scene still stay with MP3 ?!? Seriously - I'm surprised that they haven't moved onto OGG by now, or even FLAC.
A couple more gripes/questions about the format debate:
- Is it possible to make DRM'ed OGG/flac files ? IIRC, it's possible with MP3 and one of the music stores sells them in a DRM'ed mp3 format.
[I'm not for DRM, but that's tangential to this topic.]
- Why doesn't a linux program with EAC capabilities exist [and if so - I'd love the link !] ?!?!
- Frustrated that more digital audio players don't use OGG [or even FLAC].