And rmvb files were all the rage. Those sweet video files with only 32MB… Peak compression. What the world was before h264 and before youtube existed was amazing.
My computer’s mobo was so shitty, it played .midi files badly. I was shocked when I went to a mate’s and the same midis sounded like the song they’re actually supposed to be.
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i witnessed the creation of the mp3 format!
And then backing them onto zip disks. Good times.
Bro, Zip disks were for the porn you downloaded from WinMX.
Well, yes… In hidden folders cause I was a l33t h4kz0r in my youth. But that’s just between me and you.
RealAudio
.ra files taught me why proprietary is a bad word.
And rmvb files were all the rage. Those sweet video files with only 32MB… Peak compression. What the world was before h264 and before youtube existed was amazing.
Don’t forget good ol DivX
My computer’s mobo was so shitty, it played .midi files badly. I was shocked when I went to a mate’s and the same midis sounded like the song they’re actually supposed to be.
oh yeah that piece of crap i haven’t missed ^^
It was better than WAV; a nice bridge over to MP3.
There was nothing at all wrong with… <BUFFERING>
I could hear the pixels…