From mike Sent Sat, Jan 16th 1999, 20:09
From mike Sent Sat, Jan 16th 1999, 20:09
http://www.mp3.com/news/156.html Firm Co-opts MP4 Term By Michael Robertson In a move sure to anger open standard evangelists, a small firm has begun using the MP4 to describe their proprietary format. A song first debuted on the Public Enemy web site billed as a "MP4" file. Many online and off-line news organizations such as Billboard Magazine reported that this was the first public airing of a MP4 file, the logical successor to MP3. In reality, the file was a creation of Global Music, a licensee of the a2b music format. By combining the proprietary a2b format with an executable file, the company came up with their own format they have dubbed MP4 which is not compatible with MPEG 4 AUDIO. The resulting song file requires no additional software to play and cannot be used with any other audio application which affords a certain level of security. Industry analyst John Parres says it's unclear how people would listen to a collection of such files or an entire CD since each song has to be individually launched. [...]