LAME Appreciation Month
Reply #66 –
Ok, so here goes what i would consider "goes without saying":
My personal opinion is that mp3 will not go away - i asume that it will stay the main lossy audioformat until someday lossy is not used anymore. Sure, there are other more modern alternatives, those IMHO will only have a major marketshare in narrowband scenarios(below 100kbit). Thus, mp3 will stay the main lossy format (please dont start a discussion about this in this thread, i'm just mentioning my opinion to explain the reasons why i think lame is more important that most people are aware of).
And concerning mp3, lame is the encoder which is pushing the limits of the format even further. And because lossy in mid-to-high-bitrate scenarios IMHO will stay in the grip of mp3, lame is also the encoder which pushes lossy audio encoding for the mainstream forward.
So, lame IMHO is not just a significant force behind mp3...... it is and imho will stay the main force behind lossy audio encoding.