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Originally Posted by Albatross
I don't have a 'favorite' audio format, and I don't really care about the politics of the situation. My concern is that I have a set of radio stations that I used to listen to on my Winmo phone, and now they don't work. Apparently I 'upgraded' to the Android in order to lose functionality. And that's all I care about - functionality. I don't care what's "best," and I don't care if Steve Jobs or Bill Gates is the bigger jerk, I care when I discover I've spent money only to lose functionality.
But okay, I appreciate your filling me in that the problem is that the ASF format is not supported. Therefore if I REALLY care, I can find a Linux-based ASF player (like Mplayer) and adapt it to the Android.
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Your cheap shots about losing functionality are unwarranted and unnecessary -- a simple glance at
what Android supports could have alleviated your worries (and need for this thread). It's frustrating when companies decide to use a non-standard format such as ASF or even QuickTime. I'd urge you to contact them and ask that they move to MP3, a universally supported format. Everyone wins when others use standards.
That being said, try
contacting other Android developers and ask how to make a codec. You may want to
start here as there's already a
discussion about the WMV codec, which I assume would handle ASF.