Nero Releases FREE Reference Quality MPEG-4 Audio Encoder
Reply #340 – 2006-05-10 16:26:12
@Nero team: why not having a "portable device encoding wizzard", where the user first selects the device brand, then the model. This way, average Joe would not have to worry about selecting between mpeg2/4, LC/HE, PNS and the likes. (this could even produce old mp3 when selecting a legacy device) I think this a truly incredibly outstanding and excellent idea, I could not agree more, and I think this needs to be implemented as soon as possible. Now, if only I had one of each of the popular music player devices handy here , I could test them and implement this very easily. Boss, boss, are you reading this? Of course this suits perfectly your 'do absolutely everything internally' strategy. But do you really want to do that? You have to update your encoder often, have to consider the specific side conditions of any device indidually. As I'm a developer myself I would never go into these dependencies. I would like to spent my time in a more productive way. At the moment this might be manageable as there are not very many devices out there supporting AAC. But this can change, and maybe is about to change for mobile phones already. Moreover tailoring the encoded file to a specific device means restricted application for the encoded file. The encoded files become at least potentially device-dependent. Sorry, I'm thankful for your free encoder, but this is one of the worst ideas I've read in recent times.