[opus] Real hardware for opus

Carsten Mattner carstenmattner at gmail.com
Sun Dec 15 12:38:42 PST 2013


So an iPod made in the last 4 years has not even a dsp
that's used for help in low-power playback of mp3?

What are my best options for a portable player I can
put opus on and have 10 hours of opus playback?

On Sun, Dec 15, 2013 at 6:10 PM, Jean-Marc Valin <jmvalin at jmvalin.ca> wrote:
> The vast majority of audio players do *not* have special hardware for
> MP3 and Vorbis. Decoding audio is so cheap that there's no reason to
> bother with the trouble of having a dedicated hardware for it.
>
>         Jean-Marc
>
> On 15/12/13 07:25 AM, Carsten Mattner wrote:
>> vorbis, mpeg1 layer 3  and more have special hardware support in
>> audio players widely available but I can't find anything for opus.
>>
>> Is there any?
>>
>> If you try to use opus for music on the go it's a requirement to have
>> for long battery life isn't it?
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