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Posted by tonewheeljackson on 04/21/06 13:28
>As long as a codec is clearly documented, it's a straight-forward matter to
>write code that implements it. And if the code is written in a standard
>language (such as C), it's simple enough to re-compile it.
And even if it's not documented there are plenty of clever buggers out
there that can reverse-engineer it, the way they have done with
numerous proprietary formats over the years. I don't think it's too
bold to claim that anything stored today in wav format will be
decodeable *for ever* providing a) the human race doesn't wipe itself
out and b) the physical medium survives, but that's another whole
argument.
TWJ
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