From Nicholas Clarke Sent Thu, Apr 15th 1999, 22:17
From Nicholas Clarke Sent Thu, Apr 15th 1999, 22:17
Add that to the great Rio portable MPEG player, and upcoming Automobile versions...then BAM! a new standard for the public. That with MDs, which use a kind of MPEG encoding, CDRs, etc., will continue the shock of the whole system of data publishing. But, a way to make profit will be found, not to worry. ...Olas -----Original Message----- From: Lance C McGannon [mailto:xxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx] Sent: Thursday, April 15, 1999 5:15 PM To: xxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx Subject: RE: (idm) warp/mp3 At 01:46 PM 4/15/99 -0700, you wrote: > >Of Course, often in America, the albums that really make the money are >the ones that pre-teens would buy anyway. In my opinion, MP3 really >won't catch on in the mainstream until it becomes user freindly. >People who are around computers realize how to copy/use the encoded >format, but your average Joe would rather just play a disc. > Actually, the mp3 format is about to become a lot more user friendly. In the next few months the ability to play mp3s and streaming mp3s is being incorporated into the Real Media Player. Currently there is a 3rd party Real Media plugin that allows the player to do this but according to a recent article in Internet World magazine, that feature will be a standard Real Player feature later this year. So instead of entering long file locations and/or finding mp3 files on your machine, you can just click on a quick link. -->-Lance--- xxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx xxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx p.o. box 450715 westlake, ohio 44145 united states