> This is not sad. > Science marches on...The project was never about science, but about freedom. jack.
By adding support for AAC/HE-AAC to Icecast2, the project is certainly about freedom. It gives users the freedom to choose whatever codec they want. HE-AAC/aacPlus, because of its efficiencies and good sound quality at ultra low bit-rates, is rapidly becoming a very popular streaming audio codec solution. Even though the codec is not free, and there are up-front costs involved, savings in bandwidth alone more than offset this cost. Icecast2 is certainly a part of this, and we thank the Icecast2 developers for supporting AAC/HE-AAC/aacPlus. -greg. At 11:45 2005-04-11, Jack Moffitt wrote:> > This is not sad. > > Science marches on... > >The project was never about science, but about freedom. > >jack. >_______________________________________________ >Icecast mailing list >Icecast@xiph.org >http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/icecast__________________________________________________________________________ Greg J. Ogonowski VP Product Development ORBAN / CRL, Inc. 1525 Alvarado St. San Leandro, CA 94577 USA TEL +1 510 351-3500 FAX +1 510 351-0500 greg@orban.com http://www.orban.com
Greg J. Ogonowski wrote:> By adding support for AAC/HE-AAC to Icecast2, the project is certainly > about freedom. > It gives users the freedom to choose whatever codec they want. > > HE-AAC/aacPlus, because of its efficiencies and good sound quality at > ultra low bit-rates, is rapidly becoming a very popular streaming audio > codec solution. Even though the codec is not free, and there are > up-front costs involved, savings in bandwidth alone more than offset > this cost. > > Icecast2 is certainly a part of this, and we thank the Icecast2 > developers for supporting AAC/HE-AAC/aacPlus.but still, _how_ is it supported?
I'd meant to comment on this at the time... On Mon, Apr 11, 2005 at 12:01:45PM -0700, Greg J. Ogonowski wrote:> By adding support for AAC/HE-AAC to Icecast2, the project is certainly > about freedom. > It gives users the freedom to choose whatever codec they want.Our official policy and organization mandate is to promote unencumbered formats and software. To those ends, we do not and will not actively develop or support encumbered formats or software. Let the commercial world support its own. That said, we don't seek to actively discourage, sabotage, or intentionally frustrate interoperability with closed/encumbered technology. However, we won't actively develop or support it either. Monty