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

[Sameer Verma]

On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 7:26 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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I have a Phatnoise unit in my VW Passat. It plays Ogg Vorbis out of
the box. http://www.phatnoise.com/

Sameer
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