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Freed At Last From Patents, Does Anyone Still Care About MP3? (hackaday.com)
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[–] Laser@feddit.org 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I think SW Republic Commando sounds were stored in Vorbis. Back then.

Unreal Tournament also used Vorbis starting from either 2003 or 2004.

[–] UnsavoryMollusk@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yep with the music compressed to hell, still sad about it after all this years

[–] Laser@feddit.org 3 points 3 days ago

But think about the 5 MB they saved!