Re: [playogg-discuss] Hardware that supports Ogg Vorbis

[Matt Ivie]

There are many freedom issues with the Samsung devices as well. I know that replicant will run on some of them but even then, you can't run the bluetooth without non-free firmware. Is there an avenue to cooperate with hardware manufacturers to get ogg support into their products? Is there a real good reason they don't do it in the first place? How hard would it be, on a technical level, for them to incorporate it into their stuff?

On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 3:37 PM, Aaron S. Hawley <address@hidden> wrote:

Yeah, seems nobody makes a car stereo with Ogg support.  The music
player installed on all the Samsung devices play Ogg vorbis out of the
box.  My Samsung Galaxy player can bluetooth or line in to a car
stereo.  Maybe suggest Samsung products to your friends.

Happy Ogg-ing,
/a

On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 10:26 AM, Matt Ivie <address@hidden> wrote:
> I'm sure this topic has been brought up many times but I'm curious what
> the current status is. What hardware devices support Ogg? I currently
> use a 5th generation iPod running Rockbox to play my Ogg files but I was
> curious about buying a head unit for my car that would play that format.
> It seems that there aren't any...
> I did a search on the xiph.org wiki and everything listed is either old
> and discontinued or exists outside of the U.S.
>
> My thing is this: why would anyone adopt this format if it was difficult
> to get onto devices? Why isn't it supported on more devices and what do
> we have to do to get it supported on these devices?
>
> When I say way would anyone adopt this format, I'm talking about the
> average user. I know why I adopt it and why anyone on this list would. I
> want to be able to suggest to my friends that they should use it and be
> able to point to some readily available commercial devices that support
> it.
>
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