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iPod May Not Have The Horsepower For Ogg [updated]

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the maybe-it's-a-lack-of-a-gumption-bit dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Gizmodo has an interview with a Rio engineer who speculates that current iPods may not have enough CPU power and/or memory to decode Ogg. He concludes that the Minis might be able to do it, and the next generation iPods will certainly be able to. Of course, just because Apple can doesn't mean it will." Update: 06/06 04:44 GMT by T : csm writes with this rebuttal: "According to Monty from Xiph.org (author of the Tremor codec and OGG itself), it should very well be possible to run Ogg on older generation iPods."

3 of 399 comments (clear)

  1. linux? by cybermint · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Who cares about ogg vorbis? Can it run linux?

  2. Hate to say it... by Overly+Critical+Guy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    This seems to be the norm on Slashdot. Is anything posted these days that's:

    * Not false. For instance, "Microsoft Changes Its Tune Again On SP2 Installs" is a big fat lie. What Slashdot posted last time was a rumor. Microsoft never said SP2 would install on pirate copies.

    * Not already known for months. Again in the previous example, Microsoft said MONTHS AGO that SP2 wouldn't install. The rumors were dismissed And as you pointed out, this story has been known for TWO YEARS.

    It seems very little of value is really posted these days other than news from yesterday's OSNews, reposts, or falsehoods.

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  3. Re:What is the downside of adding OGG support? by dealsites · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Quick link: iPod deal search: http://www.dealsites.net/livedeals+index-mode-sear ch-query-ipod.html

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