[mythtv] mythmusic and mp3 encoder?

[Jeffrey Brent McBeth]

On Sat, Jun 21, 2003 at 05:03:51PM -0400, James Knight wrote:
> I think it would a good idea to include MP3 encoding support as 
> well...the only reason MP3 encoding should *not* be supported is 
> ideological, and I don't think that kind of reasoning really has much 
> of a place in this project. There is no technical reason to not include 
> MP3 encoding, and the UI issue really is quite easy in this case.

It isn't "just ideological".  It is a legal issue.  There are licensing fees
associated with an encoder.  We may be hypocrites and law breakers by
having it for the TV recording and not music, but the direction we need to
go is to pull it out completely, _not_ add it more places.  Isaac (correct me
if I'm wrong) has expressed interest in switching the nuv stuff to ogg once
the encoding speed is better.

Jeff
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