On Thursday 26 February 2009 09:07:12 you wrote: > On Wednesday 25 February 2009 22:06:49 you wrote: > > So is this to say that the bluetooth earpiece itself has MP3-decoding > > capability? I find that hard to imagine. So where is the decoding actually > > taking place? And can it be done with OGG too, since it's the obviously > > superior codec. :P > > > > Yes it does decode the MP3 data itself, and despite the fact that only SBC is > required by the spec, it's actually very common for MP3 to be supported. > > To check if mp3 is supported, use the 'avinfo' command included with bluez on > the bluetooth address of the headphones, and it'll ask it for all supported > codecs. It will say 'MPEG12' as one of the codecs if it supports it. > > I don't think there are any that support ogg. I suppose it's something > that's possible, however I've been through the code of the gstreamer a2dpsink > and I can tell you that it will have to be modified to support ogg, in > addition to the headphones. >
I should clarify. This is something that's common among *stereo* bluetooth headsets (A2DP headphones). A one-ear headset probably does nothing of the sort. -- Daniel Benoy http://daniel.benoy.name _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
