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When recording some performances of music students at the university I work at, when I suggested ogg as a format for them to download their recordings as, I was met by the responses "oh we don't know how/can't be bothered/don't want to install an extra plugin/player to be able to listen to them" One student out of the 60 I recorded actually knew what ogg was and was happy I'd mentioned it! A better format, yes, in my opinion, sounding closer to the original than mp3 at the same bitrate, but in the real world mp3 is what everyone knows and what everyone can play with no fuss (on their computers and hardware mp3 players). I'll keep evangelising ogg/flac though...

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