Xiph.org Releases Free Fixed-Point Vorbis Decoder

volsung writes "A lot of us want portable music players with Vorbis support, right? Well, Xiph.org has decided to help speed the process by releasing their integerized Vorbis decoder, named "Tremor," under a BSD-like license. Tremor is a Vorbis decoding library written for CPUs without floating point hardware, like most handheld devices use. It was previously a proprietary library--licensed by theKompany for their Sharp Zaurus player, among others--but now it's available for everyone to use. The release page also gives contact information for many of the popular hardware manufacturers. If you want Vorbis support in your hardware, now is the time to send some emails! (Also, please say thanks to the Xiph.org crew with a donation if you can.)"

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Open digital music player

[brejc8]

I had a project that implemented a MIPS R3000 with everything you needed to run an OS. I even got gcc to compile code. I nearly made a fixed point MP3 player (MAD) to run on it but I run out of time. I found MAD a little complex to walk throuhg and convet each function so it can run without an OS.
I might have a go with this OGG player and make a fully open source digital music player.

MOD Parent Down, Inaccurate [n/t]

[RadioheadKid]

There is a spec, stop trolling.

One Waxie Way

[Wee]

My favorite road name is near my wife's office. The only address on it is the Waxie people's headquaters at One Waxie Way. It's just so alliterative... I dunno. Then again, I'm easily amused.

-B