But technologies like LiquidAudio are the future of music distribution; why do I need MiniDisc?
Details from http://www.liquidaudio.com are sketchy, but LiquidAudio is apparently another company trying to sell music via the Internet. You can sample and buy music through their web site or their music player software by downloading a “Liquid Audio” file to your computer. Although their web site does not discuss this issue, the music is compressed using Dolby Digital AC-3 compression. Even if it achieves the 1/12 compression of MP3, a 74-minute CD will take about 5 hours to download on a 28.8Kbps model. The file can then only be played by your LiquidAudio player (your player and any music you purchase is tagged with your personal and unique ID). They advertise that the LiquidAudio file you purchase can be written once to an audio CD-R. As with MP3, the use of Liquid Audio or other proposed music distribution formats is orthogonal to the format you choose to actually record and listen to your music. You can write music that you download off the Internet to a MiniDisc as easily as a C
Details from http://www.liquidaudio.com are sketchy, but LiquidAudio is apparently another company trying to sell music via the Internet. You can sample and buy music through their web site or their music player software by downloading a “Liquid Audio” file to your computer. Although their web site does not discuss this issue, the music is compressed using Dolby Digital AC-3 compression. Even if it achieves the 1/12 compression of MP3, a 74-minute CD will take about 5 hours to download on a 28.8Kbps modem. The file can then only be played by your LiquidAudio player (your player and any music you purchase is tagged with your personal and unique ID). They advertise that the LiquidAudio file you purchase can be written once to an audio CD-R. As with MP3, the use of Liquid Audio or other proposed music distribution formats is orthogonal to the format you choose to actually record and listen to your music. You can write music that you download off the Internet to a MiniDisc as easily as a C
