Beta Ogg Vorbis Firmware For The Neuros [updated]

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.

Comments

High Quality?

[Mirell]

What sort of portable system are you going to play it on that over 200 Kbps would even make a difference?

Re:High Quality?

[3.5 stripes]

192 Kbps mp3s sound as good as i need em to, I can't imagine needing more than that.

I was also under the impression that Ogg Vorbis encoded ones sounded better at slightly lower bitrates. Should be a non-issue IMHO.

What a convoluted way to say I agree.

Open Standard

[luzrek]

Not that everyone cares, but a major selling point for the OGG/Vorbis format is that it is an open standard (MP3 is not). Want to learn more (or about the other projects by the same people/groups) check out their website.