> We will have a problem to distribute a NI-Stem enabled version of Mixxx, because it is mp4 based.
> Maybe we can push an royalty free stam format.
Publishing our own open format is certainly an option we should consider if NI is unwilling to make the terms of using their format acceptable.
MP4/AAC is no problem on Windows and Mac. It's just problematic on Linux -- and some distros will give their users the option to include libmp4v2 / libfaad. That's the choice of the user and the distro. At least we can offer Debian packages that depend on libmp4v2 via our PPA and website -- even if Debian cuts them out when included in their repos that's their choice.
> We will have a problem to distribute a NI-Stem enabled version of Mixxx, because it is mp4 based.
> Maybe we can push an royalty free stam format.
Publishing our own open format is certainly an option we should consider if NI is unwilling to make the terms of using their format acceptable.
MP4/AAC is no problem on Windows and Mac. It's just problematic on Linux -- and some distros will give their users the option to include libmp4v2 / libfaad. That's the choice of the user and the distro. At least we can offer Debian packages that depend on libmp4v2 via our PPA and website -- even if Debian cuts them out when included in their repos that's their choice.