[Vorbis] Stand alone media player supporting Ogg ?

[Paul Ellis]

Kent Barbour wrote:

> 1. Anyone know of an Ogg playing media player, similar to the Netgear 
> MP101 or the Voyetra AudioTron-100 (neither of which play ogg) ?
> I need something that will display and play/stream ogg audio files 
> stored on the PC, without having to use a tv as the viewer. I looked 
> on the wiki but didn't find anything. If they don't use a tv they 
> don't play ogg, so far anyway.
>
> Voyetra AudioTron-100 [ 
> http://www.turtlebeach.com/site/products/audiotron/producthome.asp ]
> Netgear MP101 [ http://www.netgear.com/products/details/MP101.php ]
>
> 2. And while I'm here. . .What's involved for one of these companies 
> like Netgear or Linksys to include Ogg as a supported format? Is it 
> just an addition to the firmware? Is it that much of an additional 
> expense?
> How do we go about getting them to support it?

If you want you can use an Xbox with Xbox Media Center on it.  XBMC is 
not the Microsoft "media extender" program, it is open source.  You can 
get custom Xboxes with LCD screens on the front, plus it will play DVDs, 
Quicktime, Windows Media, Real, Mpeg-1, Divx, Xvid, you name it.  
Basically all the Mplayer codecs and then some.  It will also play any 
audio codec as well.  It really is very good software.  It will stream 
from Windows, Mac, or Linux as well.  It will also play Xbox games too 
;).  You can add a wireless adapter if you don't have wire to the 
location you'd be using it.  It will also use the stock Xbox DVD remote 
if memory serves me right, or maybe even a wireless mouse and keyboard.

Here are some links with more information:
Toms Hardware Review of stand-alone media players
http://www6.tomshardware.com/consumer/20040511/index.html
http://www6.tomshardware.com/consumer/20040511/xbox-multimedia-12.html#conclusion

Xbox Scene
http://www.xbox-scene.org

There are some companies you can buy premodded Xboxes like this with the 
LCD Screen, and the ability to run non-Microsoft code if you prefer. 

Paul