Ogg Vorbis Portables On The Way

Emmettfish writes "According to this release on Xiph.org, it looks like the Neuros player will support Linux users, and also give them the ability to play back Vorbis files on the move, starting in late May. Go Ogg! Remember, donating a few bucks to Xiph may not make the world a better place, but it'll definitely help it sound a lot better." For those of us craving a portable that plays from cheap CD-Rs rather than flash media or a hard drive, Emmett says by email that an agreement for development of firmware for a CD-based Ogg player is in the works, too.

Implications:

[Anonymous Coward]

Would we have to call it joggvorbising then?

But...

[CHUD-Wretch]

Does it play Ogg? Oh! it does. I'm going back to sleep.

Xiph, Salon, or Madrake?

[Anonymous Coward]

Can't remember, which one am I supposed to donate to? All three?

Maybe I'll buy Xiph a subscription to Salon and kill two birds with one stone.

Re:$250 for 128MB, $400 for 20GB

[Anonymous Coward]

A built in FM transmitter?! Man, setting up your own pirate radio station has never been so easy!

Re:But...

[Gabrill]

Now if it only emulated the Atari 2600, we would have an entire Geek hobbyshop in one unit!

Re:MP3 players

[PhilHibbs]

Good! I don't really care about any individual manufacturer, what I want is a portable Ogg player. If someone else brings out a cheaper or better one, that's fine by me. These guys will get a good few sales by ebing first to market, but after that it's ogg eat ogg (sorry).

Re:FCC

[damiam]

unlicensed low-power FM broadcasts without a license

As opposed to unlicensed broadcasts with a license? :-)

Re:Xiph, Salon, or Madrake?

[Emmettfish]

Can't remember, which one am I supposed to donate to? All three?

Aww, c'mon. It's not even a fair comparison. There's no way that we can seriously expect to maintain a reasonable level of donations unless we've already proven ourselves completely incapable of managing money. If you really want people to 'help you out,' it seems to be a prerequisite to piss away tens of millions of dollars.

And here we are, just producing kick-ass tech for free. Go fig. :)

Emmett Plant [vorbis.com]
CEO, Xiph.org Foundation [xiph.org]

Re:Ogg Vorbis is Pure Shit

[Emmettfish]

So the next time you download an Ogg formatted music file, watch out. When borrowing a mixed CD from a friend encodded in Ogg Vorbis, watch out. Because someone is surely watching you.

Yes, this is all true. We've got special plans to have Ogg Vorbis files Shock-Enabled[tm]; If you're listening to an Ogg Vorbis file and you think about copying it for a friend, a special patented algorithm will combine the electrical synapses in your brain and route the power directly to your spinal column, killing you instantly.

It's certainly a cost-savings over the all-weather troops that we've been using for the past few years.

Remember to keep your tinfoil hat on tight. :)

Emmett Plant [vorbis.com]
CEO, Xiph.org Foundation [xiph.org]

Re:Ogg is dieing

[Emmettfish]

Ogg is basically dead......so this may give it some life but not enough people will buy the player to make it worth the companies money...

"It will never come out."

"It will never be as good as mp3."

"It will never be better than mp3."

"No one will use it but Linux folks."

"Now that you've lost funding, you'll never survive."

"You'll be shut down by Thomson/Fraunhofer."

"No hardware company will ever be interested in it."

Xiph.org Foundation - Proving assholes wrong since 1993.

Emmett Plant [vorbis.com]
CEO, Xiph.org Foundation [xiph.org]

Re:"Sound a lot better?"

[Emmettfish]

Ogg finishes last on the sound quality test every time. All you are doing is making the world wsound a little worse by supporting it.

Congratulations, you win the box of Q-Tips.

Emmett Plant [vorbis.com]
CEO, Xiph.org Foundation [xiph.org]