OT Re: Interfaces: PC and MAC ------OT

[Trevor DeVore]

On Jan 6, 2004, at 11:07 AM, Alex Rice wrote:
> On Jan 6, 2004, at 10:41 AM, Trevor DeVore wrote:
>> Actually AAC is the MPEG-4 standard made by dolby  
>> <http://www.vialicensing.com/products/mpeg4aac/standard.html>.
>
> Ah. Thanks. I guess I made a common mistake:
>
> """Apple should have used "MP4" instead of AAC, that's what it is  
> afterall. People would have seen the association with MP3 and say "Oh,  
> COOL, it's even better than MP3." Instead they have no idea what AAC  
> is. I'm sure they assume that one of those A's stands for Apple, just  
> like the W in WMA stands for Windows. Apple Audio Codec, Apple Audio  
> Control, etc."""  
> <http://www.macobserver.com/comments/commentindivdisplay.shtml? 
> id=36749>

True, AAC is not very well known as a name.  I wonder if they were  
required to use this name though.  Since it is just using the AAC codec  
which is just a part of the MPEG-4 standard  it might have been  
required due to some licensing issues or something.  I don't really  
know, just guessing.


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Trevor DeVore
Blue Mango Multimedia
trevor at mangomultimedia.com