Ogg is difficult to support on digital audio players, since it's such a
resource hog and a battery drain. The Xiph foundation really hasn't
focused on it being a portable format yet, which is hindering adoption on
the portable player market.
iRiver has had a lot of problems integrating it. The only player that has
successfully integrated it is the Rio Karma, which is the only player that
has also integrated Ogg gapless playback.
If you have an iPod, I would suggest ripping in MP3 LAME rather than AAC,
as it's more versatile and you won't be locked in to Apple hardware. The
reason that iTunes is likely ripping so quickly as it's not taking its time
to properly encode.
Try ripping in MP3 LAME 3.95 (anything after 3.90 supports gapless in
MP3). The Standard setting is a good one. Tracks are around 200 bits and
sound great. It will take a long time to rip in LAME but it's worth
it. It's taking its time which means fewer artifacts.
For those who pick products based on politics and philosophy, AAC, WMA and
MP3 will never suit you. But, WMA and AAC are actually good sounding
codecs and it would be a rare occasion if someone could tell the difference
between them and Ogg at circa 200bits. The problem with WMA and AAC is
they lock you in (Steven Jobs and Bill Gates just can't seem to find a new
song to sing after all these years), which is why I avoid them.
Rory
At 11:51 PM 22/04/2004, you wrote:
On Thursday 22 April 2004 11:44 pm, Marc Resnick wrote:
Yes Greg, after selling some of my old games and running around looking for
spare change, I did manage to buy a 10gig 3g like new iPod off of ebay =).
I let the coolness factor tempt me for about 10 seconds before I opted for my
iriver. No matter how cool a product, I am really having a hard time lately
accepting anything that includes an attempt at proprietary lockin. This has
nothing to do with open source or GPL philosophy, just open standards.
Hopefully in future firmware updates, Ogg Vorbis will be supported.
Don't hold your breath :-o
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