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Linux-based Digital Audio Player with Ogg

Posted by Hemos on from the be-cool dept.

asv108 writes "MP3 Newswire has a story about a new Linux based home player that supports OGG vorbis among other features. The MPST Digital Jukebox is currently under beta test, interested parties can aquire a beta version of the product for the cost of the parts. The Hardware breakdown for the device has a host of options including: wireless support, expanded storage, and a larger LCD display."

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  1. OggPod by resonator · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I want an iPod (who doesn't?). The big thing holding me back (besides the $400+) is that it only does mp3. If it were firmware upgradable perhaps, or if Apple were to succumb to the greag Ogg, that would change things. This new devices seems to be the first step in a right direction for scalable audio encoding/playback.

    1. Re:OggPod by sveinhal · · Score: 5, Interesting

      I just sent an email to Apple, asking if there were any official plans for ogg vorbis support in the near future, as the tech spec page says that the firmware is upgradable to enable "support for future audio formats"

      I put my usual .sig in the mail, stating my address and phone number. Two days later Apple called(!) me on my cell phone (they even got me a person speaking my own language) and told me that thay could not give me an unofficial anwser to that, but they had noticed that at least one person (me), was interested, and that they off cource would act on market needs.

      I therefore suggests that other people do likewise. The email for public relations on the iPod is found here.

      sveinhal

    2. Re:OggPod by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

      I already sent them a mail three weeks ago, pointing to my petition, but they didn't call me :)

      Here it is

    3. Re:OggPod by ChristianHJW · · Score: 3, Interesting

      Nice one,

      we should make sure Apple gets hold of Bejamin's signature list ( about 1300 now ) , make sure all of you sign in : http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi? vorb123

      If we have 10.000 signatures is should be possible to raise interest in Vorbis .

  2. looks could kill by jest3r · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Sure its black .. but why does it have to be the size of a computer??

    Unless it is a computer!

    I think i would rather buy a lowend Laptop with a big HD .. much smaller .. nicer display .. and i can move it around.

  3. Re:Nomad Jukebox & Co. by boopus · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I don't think the Nomad Jukebox is linux based, but I could be wrong... The real point is to counter the argument that ogg just needs a software update. At the momement, there is no real free ogg library that uses integer math. Many mp3 products don't have floating point hardware. The product I have the most experience with is the riocar/empeg car player, and this is the main stubling block to implementing ogg support on it.

  4. I have one of these... by powerlinekid · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Its sitting right next to my tivo and dvd player... well its not the same one as mentioned above but it has:
    ogg support, with mp3 and cd
    110 gig of storage space
    burns cds
    internet connectivity (p2p) and usb support
    linux
    a java compatible browser
    a beautiful ui running through a huge screen
    2 processors and a whole hell of alot of memory

    if you haven't guessed its called a "computer" and is availabe from parts at pricewatch.com
    for about 600 dollars, i really suggest you get one (they're great). It also plays dvds flawlessly (in linux), plays divx (again in linux, hell thats all i have on it), and acts as a tivo using simple bash scripting and some good old fashion c/c++. We won't even get into the fact that its dream console, capable of playing all your favorite games from nintendo and sega

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  5. Just like the Compaq PJB100 by torpor · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I'm in the same boat with the PJB100, which was one of the first decent portable MP3 players with a hardrive, designed by Compaq R&D.

    Can't get MP3's off it. Can't play Ogg Vorbis.

    It's really stupid, I think, that media players are still being produced that are *closed* and proprietary, but that's the way it goes.

    IF the PJB100 had a decent SDK for it, which allowed additional codecs to be uploaded, and allowed access to the drive through USB, it'd be soooo good.

    But as it is, it's just a paperweight whose time for replacing with an iPod is almost come ...

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  6. MP Sharp?! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting
    Notice the name of the company. "MP Sharp". The logo resembles "MP#". Notice what's above your 3 key?

    You know this originated from people holding down the Shift key as they typed "MP3". cough

  7. Ok....why.... by Lumpy · · Score: 3, Interesting

    they used standard pc parts. for around $350.00 they could have used a DCT/Allwell box that looks like a dvd player, has the cd drive,room for the HD, sound,video,etc... all on the board with 2 nic cards and had a nifty place to mount a VF display instead of a lame lcd to make it look super professional.

    Please please people.... if you are prototyping something... buy a public display type of system to make it pretty so you dont look like a couple of college students slapping S.A.N.E. in a box with an lcd and a remote and calling it an innovative product.

    mpg123 the backend to SANE play's ogg's so everyone that has a SANE player has this.

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  8. why are manufacturers so scared of ogg? by MrDingDong · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Why is it that even though ogg is totally free, there is not one single portable or car music player produced by a major manufacturer that supports it? What is the big deal? I mean, how much space in firmware could adding in support for the ogg codec take up?

    My little brain just can't understand why ogg is so univerally ignored. Almost every other kind of software suffers from feature bloat with features that *no one* wants, yet its like pulling teeth to get *any* manufacturer to add ogg support that a large number of people would use and want.