[mdlug] DRM Wal-Mart

[Aaron Kulkis]

Jeff Hanson wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 1:25 PM, gib at juno.com <gib at juno.com> wrote:
>>  This article talks about Wal-Mart Digital Rights Management (DRM) effort.
>>  They will only use MP3 format music.
>>  http://technologyexpert.blogspot.com/2008/04/wal-mart-switches-to-mp3-format-only.html
>>  I see a comment that someone entered that complains about the MP3 format. So, what format should I use for music?
> 
> I use Ogg for lossless or FLAC for non-lossless.  If you want to use a

Uh...you have it backwards.

Ogg is lossy compression, and FLAC is lossless.

FLAC = Free Lossless Audio Compression.

> portable player then you need to determine what it supports or buy one
> that supports the formats you plan to use.  I think Cowan suppots Ogg:
>  http://www.cowonamerica.com/products/