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RCA's original Lyra supported the RA codec. Later RCA products appeared =
to have dropped it.

  "Rich"  wrote in message news:3e1f0120$1{at}w3.nls.net...
     MP3 then ogg?  Ha.  I think you are overlooking much.  WMA and WAV =
are more widely supported than ogg.  Even RA might be though I don't see =
consumer electronics support for RA.  It probably exists somewhere and I =
missed it.

  Rich

    "Adam Flinton"  wrote in message =
news:3e1ee31b{at}w3.nls.net...

    "Rich"  wrote in message news:3e1e6b64{at}w3.nls.net...
    "   I disagree unless no widely supported type like MP3 meets his
    requirements.  Unstated requirements by the way.  This is why I =
started this
    thread with the question of why any rational person would choose to =
rip to
    ogg not a question of whether someone could arrive at a set of =
requirements
    which ogg just happened to satisfy."

    If widely supported is your determining factor then MP3 is the only =
choice
    followed by Ogg as I can play them quite happily on any of my PC'es =
(via
    WinAmp on Win32 or xmms on Linux).

    Adam


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  "Rich" <{at}> wrote in message news:3e1f0120$1{at}w3.nls.net...
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Linux).Adam

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