camilobotero@feddit.dk to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 9 months agoSteal This Comicxkcd.comexternal-linkmessage-square68linkfedilinkarrow-up1304arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1303arrow-down1external-linkSteal This Comicxkcd.comcamilobotero@feddit.dk to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square68linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squaregrey_maniac@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoAdvanced Audio Coding (AAC) is patented and requires a license for legal use.
minus-squareWolfLink@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoI mean so is MP3. If you really want to be a non-proprietary purist you need to rely on Opus for a lossy audio compression, which is not as widely supported in music players as MP3 or AAC.
How is AAC proprietary?
Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) is patented and requires a license for legal use.
I mean so is MP3. If you really want to be a non-proprietary purist you need to rely on Opus for a lossy audio compression, which is not as widely supported in music players as MP3 or AAC.