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40GB RCA Lyra: Apple Fans Needn't Fret

Posted by timothy on from the picked-a-tough-task dept.

PaulEshoreLives writes "The Globe and Mail isn't taking too kindly to RCA's Lyra 40GB iPod 'competitor.' Amongst its gripes are a crazy-slow FFW. How slow? Like 6 minutes to get to the end of a 60 minute file. Gotta wonder how these things get missed at the beta stage."

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  1. Re:ffw ? by jrandall · · Score: 4, Informative

    I believe what is being referred to is a ridiculously slow "Fast Forward" function.

  2. Hey, not all codecs .. by torpor · · Score: 3, Informative

    .. are conducive to rapid-scan indexing of frames.

    Sure, on an uncompressed mpeg4, you can just fseek() where you need to go and pick right up, but some codecs (not gonna mention names) are designed with limitations that make faster-than-1x speed indexes exceedingly difficult for simple lower-power processors ..

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  3. Re:Again? Look, can we just take it as read by thisfred · · Score: 3, Informative

    In that case: have a look at the Rio Karma. 1. It's cheaper 2. It plays Ogg 3. It has a better screen resolution 4. It has cross platform support (a java client that uses an ethernet connection to download/upload music from/to it)

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  4. Re:But there already IS something better by Talthane · · Score: 5, Informative
    Actually, the iPod doesn't convert everything to AAC. Why do you think it's called an MP3 player? It'll play either of those two formats.

    Secondly, AAC can either be lossy or lossless, depending on which format you choose. AAC Lossless is, by definition, lossless (er...hence the name).

    So apart from getting both of those facts wrong, you were almost right :-)

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