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minus-square@grey_maniac@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish5•2 months agoAdvanced Audio Coding (AAC) is patented and requires a license for legal use.
minus-square@WolfLink@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 months agoI mean so is MP3. If you really want to be a non-proprietary purist you need to rely on Opus for a lossy audio compression, which is not as widely supported in music players as MP3 or AAC.
How is AAC proprietary?
Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) is patented and requires a license for legal use.
I mean so is MP3. If you really want to be a non-proprietary purist you need to rely on Opus for a lossy audio compression, which is not as widely supported in music players as MP3 or AAC.
MP3’s licenses and patents have expired.