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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."

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  1. Re:Oh well by Geoffreyerffoeg · · Score: 0, Troll

    Um...they're white. Some logic there....

  2. Re:The name is wrong by LafinJack · · Score: 0, Troll

    Sounds like a usability problem the project could have prevented from the beginning, like Divx.

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  3. Re:RTFA, though you probably won't understand it by repetty · · Score: 0, Troll

    "So unless you're just another ignorant Apple fanboy..."

    Aaaaaaaaaah!
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    Ouch!

    I'm an ignorant Apple fanboy and I'm disappointed to see you use my label so carelessly. You're just speculating.

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  4. Re:What is the downside of adding OGG support? by TechniMyoko · · Score: 0, Troll

    You only encode in a format you know companies dont like to support. Very intelligent move on your part. Enjoy having to look hard for an mp3 player with ogg