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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. This is great. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Ogg Vorbis truly is a superior format. In some circles, it has already gained an enormous amount of mindshare. I did end-to-end tests on my PC comparing MP3 and Ogg files, and I found out that Ogg files were smaller, and of higher quality, than MP3 files that were equivalently-encoded from the same WAV file. As much as 20% of your disk space can be saved by using Ogg Vorbis instead of MP3. Also, Ogg Vorbis is free from dodgy commercial patents and general legal cloudiness. The quality of Ogg Vorbis is beyond question. Ogg Vorbis is taking over in South Africa. Several people I've talked to have been moaning about the lack of car Ogg Vorbis players, stating that the current MP3 front-loaders are no longer sufficient, and that they would rather have Ogg Vorbis players in their cars. Whether manufacturers take note of this or not isn't even the question. The question is: WHEN is it going to happen? Pretty soon, I'd say.

  2. Apple, now it's your turn... by Ogger · · Score: 4, Interesting

    to support Ogg Vorbis with the next release of iPod firmware.

  3. Having Vorbis support has guaranteed a sale to me by Quizo69 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Since changing to Ogg Vorbis encoding early this year I've been very impressed with the space savings and quality over MP3. I have since re-encoded most of my CDs into Ogg format and thanks to the team at Neuros supporting Ogg, I plan to buy one of the 128MB units with the addon 20GB hard drive in the near future based on that feature alone.

    With its FM transmitter as well, I look forward to taking my entire 8GB of music on the road with me to listen to non-stop on long journeys.

    This is a clear example of the customer buying a product because it offers what WE want, not what corporations dictate we should have.

    Well done to Neuros Audio, for looking after the geeks, because it is our recommendations that often lead to many others buying a tech product that otherwise may not get so much exposure.

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  4. I put my money where my mouth is by squarooticus · · Score: 4, Interesting

    As I said long ago, I would buy the first portable player to have Ogg Vorbis support. Just 5 minutes ago, I ordered by Neuros. Sorry iRiver, you lose.

    Cheers,
    Kyle

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