Query on sound support in BYOND 4

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Jun 28 2006, 5:16 am
Will BYOND 4.0 support MP3s, and while I am asking that sort of thing, what kinds of soundfiles WILL be supported?
Jun 28 2006, 5:22 am
The sound features will not change from 3.5 to 4.0. MP3 will not be available.

BYOND 3.5 supports .mid/.midi, .mod, .it, .s3m, .xm, .oxm, .wav, .ogg, .raw, .wma, and .aiff.
Jun 28 2006, 5:23 am
In response to Shadowdarke
Thats too bad. I thought MP3s would be useful.. but then I see the average of around 1MB per file.
Jun 28 2006, 5:25 am
In response to RedlineM203
Ogg Vorbis is a comparable technology to MP3 and conversion tools are easy to find.
Jun 28 2006, 5:26 am
In response to Shadowdarke
Best I could find was a 5 conversion trial. Its kinda a shame.
Jun 28 2006, 7:00 am
In response to RedlineM203
May I recommend NCH Switch? I've been using that program for over a year now.
Jun 28 2006, 4:22 pm
In response to RedlineM203
MP3s have licencing fees. 'Nuff said.

If you really want to work around it, you could probably set up some sort of browser page with an embedded mp3, and send that to the player.
Jun 28 2006, 5:00 pm
In response to Jp
Not with open source encoders/decoders.

"Thomson has stated that individuals using free MP3 encoders are not required to pay fees."

and the good news is that anyone can use it in 2010 :P.


"The Fraunhofer patents expire April 2010, at which time MP3 algorithms become public domain."

- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MP3
Jun 28 2006, 5:44 pm (Edited on Jun 28 2006, 5:52 pm)
In response to Xzar
Hopefully BYOND 4 will be out long before then.

~~TalionKnight
Jun 28 2006, 6:23 pm
In response to Talion Knight
Talion Knight wrote:
Hopefully BYOND 4 will be out long before [2010].

~~TalionKnight

Hah! So will HRH 2!
Jun 28 2006, 6:27 pm
In response to PirateHead
I hear Duke Nukem Forever is being released for BYOND 4.0.
Jun 28 2006, 7:08 pm
In response to RedlineM203
I'm fairly certain that Audacity allows for MP3 to Ogg conversions.
Jun 28 2006, 10:03 pm
In response to Xzar
Encoders, sure, but not decoders; and only for individuals. BYOND isn't an individual.

BYOND would need to incorporate a decoder in order to use MP3s, and Thomson only exempts open source programs from having to licence their use of a decoder.

One day software patents will be illegal. One day. *shakes fist*

I second Smoko's suggestion of Audacity for converting MP3s to OGG format.