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Beta Ogg Vorbis Firmware For The Neuros [updated]

Posted by timothy on from the but-does-it-play-cd-rs dept.

volsung writes "It's finally here! Xiph.org has made a beta release of firmware with Ogg Vorbis support for the Neuros portable music player. You can grab the firmware from the Neurosetta site. Note that this beta release only plays Vorbis files, and may skip on very high quality files, like average bitrates above 200 kbps. Also, you'll need to head over to the positron website for instructions on how to upload Vorbis files. Big thanks go out to Monty all of his hard work, and Digital Innovations for supporting the project. (See the DI press release here.)" Update: 07/01 15:26 GMT by T : Stan Seibert writes with an update: if you'd like to get one of these players, visit open.neurosaudio.com to find them on sale.

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  1. beta functionality by pytheron · · Score: 5, Informative

    According to neurosaudio, this beta firmware upgrade will disable mp3 playback support. You can have one, but not the other. Looks like it would be better to wait until the beta stage has been passed before upgrading your firmware, since this will be resolved in later releases.

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  2. Re:Slashdot Store needed?? by Max+Romantschuk · · Score: 4, Informative

    With such things like Personal Submarines, Personal Rockets, Z80 based webservers etc., can't we have a Slashdot store or something?

    The would probably be a little redundant, taken that thinkgeek already exists.

    I'm all for competition, but running a store takes some serious logistics.

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  3. Re:High Quality? by Max+Romantschuk · · Score: 4, Informative

    Especially given that the Vorbis format supports bitrate peeling.

    The page linked from the /. page you linked states that bitrate peeling isn't implemented yet... Are you is or is you aint?

    Anyone have an update? The info is dated Nov. 7th 2002.

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  4. Maybe wait for USB2 by Trebonius · · Score: 4, Informative

    I love my Neuros dearly. It's a part of the family now. It sits at the dinner table and has its own bedroom.

    But it's a bit slow. At around 2 gigs per hour, it takes 10 hours to fill all 20 gigs. Those of you itching to buy one might do better to wait a couple months for the release of the USB2 HD backpack. Those of us who bought early will be recieving a free (or nearly free) upgrade to USB2, but I don't think that applies if you buy one right now.
    It might, though. You should ask. Those guys are great.