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Ogg Vorbis For Hardware Makers
SerpicoWasTaken writes "CNET has a story announcing the release of Tremor. It's an Ogg Vorbis (Vogg Gorbis, Vogg Orbus, or Ogg [unintelligable] as pronounced by the various managers in my office) decoder that does not require a floating point unit and could herald the rise of Ogg Vorbis compatible MP3 players." Update: 09/04 21:00 GMT by T : Sorry -- this story's a dupe.
Still on the first page none the less
yet, they wont post that video games are banished in greece?
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There isn't much more to say about that. Timothy sucks. Boo!
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When you get right down to it, MP3 is now a recognized and (mostly) accepted medium. Despite the fact that Ogg is a superior format, and open source to boot, I think it's going to be an uphill battle. Manufacturers aren't going to rush to develop for it, because there's always a fear of doing something new and innovative in a realm where there's already a clear and established niche. And people aren't going to want to get a portable Ogg player, because it's not what they're used to ("Ogg? What's that? A new virus?"). Not to mention ripping all their CDs AGAIN. And that's even assuming they owned them in the first place. If not (most likely), they'll be encoding from lossy to lossy. Most people I know aren't audiophiles, and only get 128, maybe 160 if it's available, so sound quality from a 128 MP3 to even a decent quality Ogg will be bad. It's a wicked circle, and it's a damned shame. I have a Zaurus, but it doesn't have NEARLY the battery life to double as a portable Ogg player. Here's to hoping someone in the portable music industry has some balls and decides to take a chance.
It's only a "bad name" because no one recognizes it. Go back to 1997 and try saying MP3 to people in the street -- they'll give you funny looks.
As for your lies about how "hard" it is to type, yeesh, try counting it. 2 unique keypresses using 2 fingers (with one repeat motion) vs. 3 on 3 separate fingers ends up being the same -- 3 motions.
Maybe the name doesn't make sense to people who can't count, but for the rest of us, we'll keep using it.
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Yes, "Ogg Vorbis" is more complex than "MP3." And "MPEG Layer 3" as much more complex than "Ogg." What's your point?
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