Ummm.... I'm not sure, but I think this guy is referring to the AAC (Advanced Audio Codec), or the MP4 codec. This is what the quicktime movies encode with (most of the time).... and I believe the algorithm is available using the FAAC codec (Free Advanced Audio Codec)... I might be off base, but... If that's what you're talking about when you say "lossless" audio codec, then yes - Linux already has an implimentation. --Jason Lee Azzarello wrote: > Perhaps you should ask Apple to include non-patented formats in their > products. You probably won't find the Linux community interested in > supporting a new and potentially closed format that already has an > open source replacement. > > BTW, your iPod may look cool but there are other devices like the > iRiver HP-120 that play far more formats than an iPod and don't put > any restrictions on how you use your own music. > > -lee > > On May 11, 2004, at 5:18 PM, Florin Andrei wrote: > >> On Tue, 2004-05-11 at 13:42, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: >> >>> On 11 May 2004 10:13:45 -0700 >>> Florin Andrei <florin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>>> Anyone has any kind of information about the Apple Lossless codec? >>>> Any chance to get a Linux implementation? >>> >>> >>> There is alrady an implementation. Its called FLAC: >>> http://flac.sf.net/ >>> :-) >> >> >> Yeah, right, have you tried to play FLAC files on an iPod? ;-) >> I was asking seriously. >> >> -- >> Florin Andrei >> >> http://florin.myip.org/ >> > > >
