Ogg Vorbis Portables On The Way

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Ogg Vorbis Portables On The Way

Posted by timothy on Monday February 24, 2003 @01:49AM from the when-when-when dept.

Emmettfish writes "According to this release on Xiph.org, it looks like the Neuros player will support Linux users, and also give them the ability to play back Vorbis files on the move, starting in late May. Go Ogg! Remember, donating a few bucks to Xiph may not make the world a better place, but it'll definitely help it sound a lot better." For those of us craving a portable that plays from cheap CD-Rs rather than flash media or a hard drive, Emmett says by email that an agreement for development of firmware for a CD-based Ogg player is in the works, too.

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Implications: by Anonymous Coward · 2003-02-24 01:57 · Score: 4, Funny

Would we have to call it joggvorbising then?
But... by CHUD-Wretch · 2003-02-24 01:58 · Score: 5, Funny

Does it play Ogg? Oh! it does. I'm going back to sleep.

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1. Re:But... by Gabrill · 2003-02-24 02:36 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Now if it only emulated the Atari 2600, we would have an entire Geek hobbyshop in one unit!
  
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Re:$250 for 128MB, $400 for 20GB by Anonymous Coward · 2003-02-24 02:35 · Score: 2, Funny

A built in FM transmitter?! Man, setting up your own pirate radio station has never been so easy!
Re:MP3 players by PhilHibbs · 2003-02-24 02:44 · Score: 4, Funny

Good! I don't really care about any individual manufacturer, what I want is a portable Ogg player. If someone else brings out a cheaper or better one, that's fine by me. These guys will get a good few sales by ebing first to market, but after that it's ogg eat ogg (sorry).
Re:FCC by damiam · 2003-02-24 03:53 · Score: 3, Funny

unlicensed low-power FM broadcasts without a license
As opposed to unlicensed broadcasts with a license? :-)

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Re:Ogg Vorbis is Pure Shit by Emmettfish · 2003-02-24 06:04 · Score: 3, Funny

So the next time you download an Ogg formatted music file, watch out. When borrowing a mixed CD from a friend encodded in Ogg Vorbis, watch out. Because someone is surely watching you.
Yes, this is all true. We've got special plans to have Ogg Vorbis files Shock-Enabled[tm]; If you're listening to an Ogg Vorbis file and you think about copying it for a friend, a special patented algorithm will combine the electrical synapses in your brain and route the power directly to your spinal column, killing you instantly.
It's certainly a cost-savings over the all-weather troops that we've been using for the past few years.
Remember to keep your tinfoil hat on tight. :)
Emmett Plant
CEO, Xiph.org Foundation
Re:Ogg is dieing by Emmettfish · 2003-02-24 06:14 · Score: 4, Funny

Ogg is basically dead......so this may give it some life but not enough people will buy the player to make it worth the companies money...
"It will never come out."
"It will never be as good as mp3."
"It will never be better than mp3."
"No one will use it but Linux folks."
"Now that you've lost funding, you'll never survive."
"You'll be shut down by Thomson/Fraunhofer."
"No hardware company will ever be interested in it."
Xiph.org Foundation - Proving assholes wrong since 1993.
Emmett Plant
CEO, Xiph.org Foundation
Re:"Sound a lot better?" by Emmettfish · 2003-02-24 13:52 · Score: 4, Funny

Ogg finishes last on the sound quality test every time. All you are doing is making the world wsound a little worse by supporting it.
Congratulations, you win the box of Q-Tips.
Emmett Plant
CEO, Xiph.org Foundation