Audio File Formats

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Which do you prefer?

I currently use WMA with a CBR of 192kbps. I started using WMA for two reasons; I hate MP3's and WMA is the only other format that is widely used. I wanted something that I could easily give to someone else and know they would be able to use without having to go download some codec pack.

I tried using Vorbis (OGG) at one time. The portable media player I had at the time (Cowon X5L), and my current one (Cowon Q5W) support that and I wanted to get away from using a proprietary format and use an open source one. Didn't work out well. The player I used wouldn't display track times from OGGs correctly and you had to install codecs on your computer, and maybe even a different program, before you could play them.