[WikiEN-l] MP3 & OGG

[George Chriss]

"...influence that could be wielded with manufacturers such as Apple to encourage them to add Ogg support to their players?"

Indirectly, yes.  Same goes for the entire free software movement.  Products follow consumer demand.

Directly, I think the issue is not within the Wikimedia Foundation's immediate purview.  Just my thoughts.

-George
[[User:GChriss]]


On Thu, 04 Jan 2007 22:31:18 -0500  English Wikipedia  wrote:




On 4 Jan 2007 at 16:19, Matt R <matt_crypto at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> I'd like to download Spoken Wikipedia articles to my MP3 player so I can learn
> stuff without being stuck at a computer. At present I cannot, because my MP3
> player doesn't play Ogg Vorbis, and cannot be made to support it. Further,
> MP3's are not permitted on Wikipedia because of the lack of legal free
players:

With Wikipedia's large current degree of popularity, doesn't it have 
any influence that could be wielded with manufacturers such as Apple 
to encourage them to add Ogg support to their players?


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