Ogg Vorbis portables [was Re: If I switch OS's will I be able to...]

[Steve Lamb]

Lorenzo Taylor wrote:
> I think one of the main problems that drive up the price of an ogg
> player is the fact that it needs a faster decoder than mp3, so the
> hardware required to decode is more expensive to produce.

    That may have been the case a few years ago when the MP3 decoder was a
dedicated chip.  But I think most modern MP3 players, especially around the
$100-$200 price range, include many different formats, all of which are
software decoded and the hardware is more than adequate to handle Ogg as well.
 I mean, c'mon, most in that price range play *video* too.  :)

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