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danmint:
Does anyone have any idea of the status for wma support in rockbox?  Is anyone working on it  still?  Haven't seen any action on the patch lately.  Just wondering ;)

saratoga:
No one is currently working on it.  There is talk of trying to get someone for the google summer of code event who is interested in an integer based WMA decoder, but thats it.  Most likely WMA support in Rockbox is far away.

Didgeridoohan:
I'm really sorry, but I can't help but dig out an old quote from Linus Nielsen Feltzing:

"Someone with a clue needs to step forward and do this. The problem is that people with a clue don't use WMA."

Sorry... A bit drunk...

danmint:

--- Quote from: Didgeridoohan on March 10, 2007, 08:25:28 PM ---I'm really sorry, but I can't help but dig out an old quote from Linus Nielsen Feltzing:

"Someone with a clue needs to step forward and do this. The problem is that people with a clue don't use WMA."

Sorry... A bit drunk...

--- End quote ---

Don't be sorry, bit drunk me self :P  I respect the people that have a clue, but for those of us that don't, (or were bs'd into believing wma was superior), I believe the support would be beneficial, and I don't think the wma format is going away in the near future.  I wouldn't rip into wma today, but I suspect I am not alone in having many wma's in my digital collection.   Hopefully someone will make it a priority, it would be a good opportunity to make a name for themselves.  Another thought is people with a clue wouldn't use mp3 either...

saratoga:

--- Quote from: danmint on March 10, 2007, 09:45:16 PM ---
--- Quote from: Didgeridoohan on March 10, 2007, 08:25:28 PM ---I'm really sorry, but I can't help but dig out an old quote from Linus Nielsen Feltzing:

"Someone with a clue needs to step forward and do this. The problem is that people with a clue don't use WMA."

Sorry... A bit drunk...

--- End quote ---

Don't be sorry, bit drunk me self :P  I respect the people that have a clue, but for those of us that don't, (or were bs'd into believing wma was superior), I believe the support would be beneficial,

--- End quote ---

No one questions that; we'd like to see WMA support if only because most DAPs support it.  However, since theres evidently no one who both uses WMA and is able to write a decoder for it, its unlikely to happen soon.  

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