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Ogg Vorbis decoder chip a reality

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the wouldn't-it-be-nice dept.

LinuxGeek writes "The design is finished and announced for a low power Ogg Vorbis decoder. Hopefully we will see portable players very soon now."

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  1. portables by h4x0r-3l337 · · Score: 5, Informative
    Hopefully we will see portable players very soon now

    One already exists

  2. Re:Huh? by zachster · · Score: 5, Informative

    What rock have you been living under:
    Ogg Vorbis is a new audio compression format. It is roughly comparable to other formats used to store and play digital music, such as MP3, VQF, AAC, and other digital audio formats. It is different from these other formats because it is completely free, open, and unpatented.

    Ogg
    Ogg is the name of Xiph.org's container format for audio, video, and metadata.
    Vorbis
    Vorbis is the name of a specific audio compression scheme that's designed to be contained in Ogg. Note that other formats are capable of being embedded in Ogg such as FLAC and Speex.

  3. Links to more information... by n0nsensical · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here are the "more information" PDFs so you don't have to fill out the form...
    Press release on 2003/7/15 (English) Ogg Vorbis Player System
    Press release on 2003/7/15 (Korean)Ogg Vorbis Player System
    Ogg Vorbis player system product summary