[vorbis] wow! and what about h/w players for vorbis files?

[Moz]

> yup. i agree with dan. haven't researched the facts, but most have a
> laptop already. it's just not as portable as some of the h/w mp3
> players.

What I've been doing is converting my ogg's to 64kbit mono mp3 for
my Diva mp3 player, which gives me about 9 hours music on a 256MB
compact flash card, at acceptable quality for cheap headphones. Since
my camera also takes CF, I tend to start trips with both cards full
of music, listen to the 64MB card out of the camera at the start, and
steadily delete music files to make room for photos. By the end of 
the trip I'm down to the 32MB in the player, but I have heaps of 
photos of my trip. I cycle tour for several weeks at a time, so 
this is a useful way to go. And it all runs on AA rechargeables.
(10 hours play off a single cell in the Diva!)

I'm mostly concerned that ogg might need more CPU or ROM than most
players currently have, which might make it hard to build a player
at the current standard. But I'd be more than willing to put up 
with a mere 5 hours play time off a single AA battery if I could
play 48kbits ogg files instead of 64kbits mp3.

Moz

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