Re: (idm) mp3s & you

From szalemandre
Sent Tue, Mar 2nd 1999, 18:03

> The problem I have with mp3 (and I use 'em, love 'em trade 'em etc) is the
> same problem I have with all digital storage -- once the decoding technology
> goes obsolete and people stop maintaining the decoders, you have media with
> no way to extract the content!

that's easy: write a tool that converts the file from an obsolete format
into a new up-to-date usable format.

even in the tracker scene such things exist for converting XM files to IT
files.  (not like XM is inferior to IT, or vice versa, but rather the tool
was designed to allow musicians to work in IT if they wanted to on songs
that they started in fastTracker.)

it's a simple problem that is certain to be taken care of.

-eric
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