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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."

12 of 399 comments (clear)

  1. Reagan dead. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Actor/U.S. President Ronald Reagan was found dead in his California home this morning. There weren't any more details. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss him - even if you didn't enjoy his prayers to a mythical being, there's no denying his contributions to superstition and tyranny. Truly an American icon.

  2. Re:APPLES ARE FOR FAGGOTS LIKE TACO by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yes, they are.

  3. w00t by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    All your OGG are belong to U.

  4. Story submitter is a noob by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Everyone knows Ipods aren't measured in horsepower.

  5. i still owe hugo a sandwich by Hubert_Shrump · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    this is an interview w/ hugo fiennes, who graciously helped me reflash some firmware on a rio that i inadvertantly fried under linux.

    i'll vouch. a stand-up guy. and i still owe him a sandwich for the info: on the nike rio you can get back to the virgin firmware by holding down the up and down volume buttons at the same time as you power it up.

    thanks hugo! you rock!

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  6. Reagan died by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Reagan died.

    1. Re:Reagan died by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      I will swap u Regan for Bush

    2. Re:Reagan died by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      i think /. should post a story

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

    Who cares about ogg vorbis? Can it run linux?

  8. Reject java and c++, discover the true machine by jimmydevice · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    We have seen the stupidity of building "real" applications using java when the only solution is C or assembly. Every line of your java crap eats electrons. With super low power toys, we must revert to assembly, or forth or something else that has a very low overhead. Not java.

  9. 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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    "Sufferin' succotash."
  10. 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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