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...pears "dead" ? the > same thing really > applies to cdparanoia, a program now more than 10 years old, maybe > even 15. some things about ripping audio CDs just .... don't change. Oh I don't doubt the basics, red book is red book and bits are identically replicable and re rippable bits. But just as I said, there are always porting, bugs, docs, nits and overall features that can be done around the cores... that aren't being done. And that do limit adoption and suitability to task. Nothing stopping anyone from setting up public git repos and accepting patches, so long as...

> Oh I don't doubt the basics, red book is red book and bits are > identically replicable and re rippable bits. I don't see any problem with taking innovation as far as is practical and saying "it's finished, no more updates". I'm not expecting FLAC or cdparanoia to be able to integrate with FaceHugger, or even to be able to query track titles online. If I want to do freedb look...

> whilst at the same time the development has ceased. I've found some > severe issues with OggFLAC that essentially make it a useless format > for streaming, no one cared. Yes, this is sad. cdparanoia, which could be considered a strong opensource meatspace partner to FLAC (along with cdda2wav) is also effectively dead. All three living on only in the ports trees of various operating

>> Oh I don't doubt the basics, red book is red book and bits are >> identically replicable and re rippable bits. > > I don't see any problem with taking innovation as far as is practical > and saying "it's finished, no more updates". Sure, basics :) Again, I'm meaning in regard to about bugs, docs, porting and nits. > If I want to do freedb lookups, I can use > ab...