That's kind of the whole point. There are lots of geeks out there who are devotees to format X, Y or Z (Monkey Lossless comes to mind) but it's just not practical for Slim to develop support for another portable format on the server and clients when there is already support for a totally accepteable lossy format (MP3) and support for the emerging defacto standard in lossless (FLAC).
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Jack Coates > Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 8:53 PM > To: Slim Devices Discussion > Subject: Re: [slim] OGG VORBIS Support in Firmware > > Michael Peters wrote: > > On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 18:33:08 +0100, Christian Pernegger > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>Don't get me wrong, I like .ogg - I just see no point in > implementing > >>a portable format directly on the squeezebox. > > > > > > I do. > > If it used could use ogg for streaming lossy format, there > is a better > > chance that it would be accepted in Linux distros on the > installation > > CD with hackers from the distribution adding cool features (like a > > gstreamer client etc.) > > > > that's very nice, but you still haven't explained why Slim > Devices, Incorporated should be implementing it in their > hardware and firmware. > > More format support is cool and kind of handy, and I > certainly appreciate why Ogg is "better." Unfortunately, it's > the same sort of "better" that Beta enjoyed over VHS, and > consequently in actual fact the only ogg's I have are the few > I ripped while experimenting. I'm glad that my iRiver and > Slimserver still play them at all, and I don't really care if > they're more or less efficient in doing so. > -- > Jack at Monkeynoodle dot Org: It's a Scientific Venture... > Riding the Emergency Third Rail Power Trip since 1996! > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
